Investigations of organ and effective doses of abdominal cone-beam computed tomography during transarterial chemoembolization using Monte Carlo simulation

Table 3 Previously reported EDs and ED to DAP ratios for abdominal CBCT procedures

Authors	Procedure	Scanner model	Rotation	Dose estimation method	Effective dose (ED) (mSv)	ED to DAP ratio (mSv·Gy^− 1·cm^− 2)
This study	Abdominal CBCT imaging: CB CTAP	Shimadzu BRANSIST safireVC17	215^o	Using PCXMC based on individual patient data	3.5 ± 0.5 (2.1–4.5)	0.17–0.35
Suzuki et al. [2]	Abdominal 3D imaging	Philips Allura Xper FD20/10	207 ^o	(1) Placing TLD in the human-shaped phantom (S) (2) Using PCXMC for three human-shaped phantom	(1) TLD: 1.6 (2) PCXMC: 1.9 (S), 2.5 (M), 3.1 (L)	0.37–0.45
		GE INNOVA 4100	194^o		(1) TLD: 2.0 (2) PCXMC: 2.2 (S), 3.1 (M), 3.8 (L)	0.26–0.32
		Siemens AXIOM Artis dTA	200^o		(1) TLD: 2.6 (2) PCXMC: 2.1 (S), 2.4 (M), 2.6 (L)	0.13–0.15
Braak et al. [3]	CBCT guidance (upper abdomen)	Philips XperCT Allura FD20	240^o	Using PCXMC based on individual patient data	4.2 (95% CI 3.8–4.6)	N/A
Kwok et al. [4]	Abdominal CBCT imaging: DynaCT 8-s DR	Siemens Artis zeego	200^o	Placing TLD in the human-shaped phantom	15	N/A
	Abdominal CBCT imaging: LCI CTHA Low 10 s	Toshiba Infinix VC-i	200^o	Placing TLD in the human-shaped phantom	25.4	N/A
Sailer et al. [6]	CT abdomen LD roll	Philips XperCT Allura FD20	180^o	Using PCXMC based on individual patient data	4.3 (95% CI 3.9–4.8)	N/A

TLD Thermoluminescent Dosimeter, N/A not available, S small phantom size, M medium phantom size, L large phantom size

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