. 2022 Jan 17;12(1):225. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics12010225

Table 1.

Patient characteristics and radiation dose.

				Female	Male	Overall
SOMATOM Definition AS+	Patient characteristics
		N		30	30	60
		Age		63 ± 12	59 ± 16	61 ± 14
		BMI		26 ± 3	27 ± 2	26 ± 3
	Radiation dose
		CTDI_vol (mean ± SD)		4.31 ± 0.95	4.46 ± 0.94	4.38 ± 0.95
		DLP (mean ± SD)		746.63 ± 165.58	759.54 ± 168.45	753.08 ± 167.15
		ED (mean ± SD)
			100% mAs	10.72 ± 2.53	11.39 ± 2.53	11.05 ± 2.55
			50% mAs	5.36 ± 1.27	5.70 ± 1.26	5.53 ± 1.28
			40% mAs	4.29 ± 1.01	4.56 ± 1.01	4.43 ± 1.02
			30% mAs	3.22 ± 0.76	3.42 ± 0.76	3.32 ± 0.77
SOMATOM Force	Patient characteristics
		N		30	30	60
		Age		63 ± 12	59 ± 16	61 ± 14
		BMI		26 ± 3	27 ± 2	26 ± 3
	Radiation dose
		CTDI_vol (mean ± SD)		4.15 ± 0.97	4.32 ± 0.97	4.22 ± 0.97
		DLP (mean ± SD)		714.42 ± 168.85	726.78 ± 171.77	720.60 ± 170.43
		ED (mean ± SD)
			100% mAs	9.17 ± 2.17	9.59 ± 2.13	9.38 ± 2.16
			50% mAs	4.59 ± 1.08	4.79 ± 1.06	4.69 ± 1.08
			40% mAs	3.67 ± 0.87	3.83 ± 0.85	3.75 ± 0.86
			30% mAs	2.75 ± 0.65	2.88 ± 0.64	2.81 ± 0.65

N = number; SD = standard deviation; BMI = body mass index (kg/m²); CTDI_vol = Computer Tomography Dose Index (mGy); DLP = dose length product (mGy x cm); ED = effective radiation dose (mSv).