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. 2021 Jan 20;21:44. doi: 10.1186/s12887-021-02498-2

Table 2.

Comparison of Skull (Trauma) radiological protocol parameters, CTIDV (mGy) and DLP (mGy.cm) for one acquisition in the various hospitals in 2015

Skull exami-nation/ age Hospi-tal kV
mean
(min-max)
mAs
mean
(min-max)
T(mm)
mean
(min-max)
Pitch
mean
(min-max)
CTDIV
mean
(min-max)
DLP
mean
(min-max)
Mode
< 1 H1

120

(120–120)

175

(175–175)

2.5

(2,5 − 2 ,5)

0.94

(0,94 − 0,94)

37.1

(37.1–37.1)

1061.06

(368.77–1298,5)

Helical
H2

120

(120–120)

280

(280–280)

1.75

(1.25–2.5)

0.625

(0.62–0.62)

46.99

(5.25–51.94)

963.70

(211.4-1193.8)

Helical
H3

120

(120–120)

150

(150–150)

1.25

(1.25–1.25)

0.562

(0.56–0.56)

43.44

(43.44–43.44)

580.93

(580.9-580.93)

Helical
1–4 H1

120

(120–120)

175

(175–175)

2.5

(2,5 − 2 ,5)

0.94

(0,94 − 0,94)

37.1

(37.1–37.1)

1209.46

(1209.46-1209.46)

Helical
H2

120

(120–120)

280

(280–280)

2.25

(2.25–2.25)

0.625

(0.62–0.62)

49.46

(37.45–51.94)

941.51

(696.27-1206.87)

Helical
H3 - - - - - - -
5–9 H1

120

(120–120)

175

(175–175)

2.5

(2,5 − 2 ,5)

0.94

(0,94 − 0,94)

37.1

(37.1–37.1)

1143.79

(1143.79-1143.79)

Helical
H2

120

(120–120)

224

(224–224)

1.65

(1.25–2.5)

0.625

(0.62–0.62)

42.96

(37.1-51.94)

1138.05

(888.84-1518.52)

Helical
H3

120

(120–120)

280

(280–280)

1.25

(1.25–1.25)

1.375

(1.37–1.37)

46.44

(46.44–46.44)

822.13

(822.13-822.13)

Helical
10–14 H1 - - - - - - -
H2

120

(120–120)

262,53

(149–280)

2.12

(1.25–2.5)

0.625

(0.62–0.62)

39,06

(22.39–54.94)

859.65

(643.97-1280.63)

Helical
H3 - - - - - - -