Table 4.
Coefficient of variation (CV) of Agatston score for each stenosis for SE and DE protocols with auto-mAs, 160 mAs, and 260 mAs exposure.
Coefficient of Variation |
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236 mg/cm3 (equal-density stenosis) | 50% (equal-size stenosis) | ||||||
dataset | 12.5% | 25% | 50% | 102 mg/cm3 | 236 mg/cm3 | 382 mg/cm3 | |
4mm vessel | |||||||
SE | 3.16 | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.35 | 0.04 | 0.02 | |
DE auto-mAs | 0.59§ | 0.33† | 0.19† | 0.23 | 0.25† | 0.10† | |
DE 160 mAs | 0.60§ | 0.49† | 0.12 | 0.24 | 0.06 | 0.06† | |
DE 260 mAs | 1.30 | 0.26 | 0.04 | 0.21 | 0.09 | 0.05† | |
4.5mm vessel | |||||||
SE | 2.11 | 0.21 | 0.05 | 0.22 | 0.05 | 0.03 | |
DE auto-mAs | 0.52§ | 0.35† | 0.12 | 0.28 | 0.09 | 0.07 | |
DE 160 mAs | 0.52§ | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.28 | 0.13 | 0.03 | |
DE 260 mAs | 0.36§ | 0.27 | 0.06 | 0.27 | 0.08 | 0.03 |
Lower bound of the 95% CI is larger than the upper bound of 95% CI of the corresponding CV for SE
Upper bound of the 95% CI is smaller than the lower bound of 95% CI of the corresponding CV for SE