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Calcium scoring and CCTA radiation dose parameters
| Characteristics | Values |
|---|---|
| Calcium scoring | |
|
Heart rate CTDIvol DLP Effective dose |
60 ± 10 bpm 0.9 ± 0.2 mGy 19.5 ± 3.9 mGy*cm 0.3 ± 0.1 mSv |
| CCTA | |
|
High-pitch / sequential acquisition Heart rate CTDIvol DLP Effective dose |
N = 34 (38%) / 56 (62%) 59 ± 10 bpm 6.0 ± 3.0 mGy 89.6 ± 35.3 mGy*cm 1.3 ± 0.5 mSv |
Abbreviations: CTDIvol, volume computed tomography dose index; DLP, dose length product
