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. 2018 Nov 7;92(1095):20180447. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20180447

Table 1.

Cone beam CT scan pre-sets for energies in the range of 40 to 120 kVp

Image acquisition pre-sets
Subject position Feet first prone (FFP)
Voxel pitch 0.1034 × 0.1034 × 0.1034 [mm3]
Mean protocol dose 30 [cGy]
Energy Current Frame rate Rotational speed Gain Exposure
[kVp] [mA] [fps] [rpm] [mAs]
40 9.26 7.5 0.50 Mid 1111.2
50 5.59 10.0 0.50 Mid 670.8
60 3.18 10.0 0.40 Mid 477.0
70 1.54 7.5 0.25 Mid 369.6
80 2.50 5.0 0.50 Low 300.0
90 2.08 5.0 0.50 Low 249.6
100 1.78 5.0 0.50 Low 213.6
110 1.54 5.0 0.50 Low 184.8
120 1.36 5.0 0.50 Low 163.2

FFP, feet first prone;

For dual-energy CT protocols, the mean dose is 30 cGy for each energy.