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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 28.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2021 Sep 13;66(18):10.1088/1361-6560/ac2269. doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac2269

Table 1.

Summary of the scan configurations used for the image acquisitions described below.

TCM calibration/simulator evaluation TCM module evaluation Pilot VIT
Scanner Force, DukeSim DukeSim DukeSim
Phantom Mercury ATOM (adult, male) XCAT (BMIs of 24.3, 28.2, and 33.0)
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Source of TCM profiles CD4D CD4D, DukeSim DukeSim
mAsref 50, 100, 200 100 100
Average CTDIvol (mGy per mAs) 2.36, 4.52, 8.92 (for each mAsref) 3.77, 3.98 (for each TCM profile) 7.27, 10.01, 14.02 (for each phantom)
TCM strength Very weak, weak, average, strong, very strong Average Very weak, weak, average, strong, very strong
Lref (cm) 33.9 33.9 31.4
Helical pitch 0.6 0.6 1.0