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Table 1 Radiation doses at different body size and DRI value

From: Value of virtual monochromatic spectral image of dual-layer spectral detector CT with noise reduction algorithm for image quality improvement in obese simulated body phantom

Size

DRI

mAs

CTDIvol (mGy)

DLP (mGy × cm)

ED (mSv)

S (25 cm)

16

60

4

72

1.224

19

84

4.9

98

1.666

22

118

6.7

134

2.278

25

165

9.6

192

3.264

L (35 cm)

16

97

5.2

104

1.768

19

135

7.3

146

2.482

22

190

10.3

206

3.502

25

266

14.4

288

4.896

  1. Note – DRI Dose Right Index, CTDIvol computed tomography dose index volume, DLP dose length product, ED effective dose
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