Table 4.
Mean brain doses by tally region type with coefficients of variation within each tally region, and the coefficient of variation (CV) across tally regions for each patient
| Name | 0.6 cc volume (#1) | Slab (#2) | Entire scan volume (#3) | Across regions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D brain,1 (mGy/mAs) | CV (%) | D brain,2 (mGy/mAs) | CV (%) | D brain,3 (mGy/mAs) | CV (%) | CV (%) | |
| Peds2 | 0.257 | 2.6 | 0.254 | 4.2 | 0.273 | 5.0 | 3.9 |
| Peds1 | 0.290 | 1.7 | 0.286 | 5.3 | 0.284 | 4.8 | 1.1 |
| Baby | 0.292 | 1.4 | 0.286 | 3.4 | 0.283 | 5.6 | 1.6 |
| Peds3 | 0.230 | 2.5 | 0.226 | 4.0 | 0.238 | 7.3 | 2.6 |
| Peds5 | 0.200 | 2.6 | 0.197 | 4.8 | 0.197 | 5.9 | 0.9 |
| Peds4 | 0.217 | 2.0 | 0.215 | 4.8 | 0.216 | 6.7 | 0.5 |
| Child | 0.229 | 1.9 | 0.227 | 2.9 | 0.221 | 4.9 | 1.8 |
| Helga | 0.204 | 1.3 | 0.207 | 4.8 | 0.198 | 7.1 | 2.3 |
| Irene | 0.212 | 1.2 | 0.210 | 5.6 | 0.204 | 6.4 | 2.0 |
| Golem | 0.217 | 0.8 | 0.211 | 5.0 | 0.208 | 5.9 | 2.2 |
| Visible human | 0.188 | 1.7 | 0.187 | 6.5 | 0.180 | 9.4 | 2.4 |
| Regina | 0.216 | 2.5 | 0.215 | 5.3 | 0.207 | 7.8 | 2.3 |
| Donna | 0.210 | 2.8 | 0.214 | 4.4 | 0.203 | 7.1 | 2.7 |
| Rex | 0.197 | 0.8 | 0.195 | 3.9 | 0.189 | 5.9 | 2.1 |
| Frank | 0.190 | 1.4 | 0.185 | 5.0 | 0.178 | 9.2 | 3.3 |