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Table 6 Dose comparison between the two used cardiac CT methods

From: Influence of trigger type, tube voltage and heart rate on calcified plaque imaging in dual source cardiac computed tomography: phantom study

Trigger

Gated

High pitch

Statistics

CTDIvol [mGy]

2829.8 ± 1539.4

258.0 ± 66.3

p < 0.0001

DLP [mGycm]

341.2 ± 150.7

36.3 ± 9.6

p < 0.0001

  1. Both DLP and CTDIvol are significantly lower for high pitch cardiac CT protocols in comparison to gating.
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