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Charts showing the attenuation (a), noise and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) (b) at different pulmonary artery (PA) levels. Attenuation and noise are measured in Hounsfield units and SNR is a ratio. Note that the attenuation and SNR are excellent at all PA levels.