Table 1. Image acquisition parameters for each measurement including the energy or tube voltage, the filter combination for the clinical measurement, the exposure times of the laboratory measurements, the tube current-exposure time product of the clinical measurement and the resulting applied MGD.
Modality | LE/ HE | Energy | Filter | Exposure time/tube current-exposure time product | Mean glandular dose [mGy] | Fig |
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Clinical | LE | 27 kVp | Rh/Rh | 56 mAs | 0.76 | 4(a) |
Clinical | HE | 46 kVp | Rh/Cu | 80 mAs | 0.23 | – |
KES MuCLS | LE | 25 keV | - | 1.5 s | 0.38 | 4(c) |
KES MuCLS | HE | 35 keV | - | 2.0 s | 0.56 | – |
MD MuCLS | LE | 25 keV | - | 2.5 s | 0.64 | 4(e) |
MD MuCLS | HE | 35 keV | - | 1.5 s | 0.43 | – |