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Table 1 Acquisition and reconstruction parameters. Acquisition and reconstruction parameters of all CT scans

From: Comparison of different CT metal artifact reduction strategies for standard titanium and carbon‐fiber reinforced polymer implants in sheep cadavers

 

Dual-source CT

Single-source CT

Scan

DE

SE

SE

 

80 kV

ME 130 keV

Sn 150 kV

120 kV Mix

120 kV

120 kV iMAR

Kernels (sk/bk)

Qr36/Qr54

Br36/Br54

Qr36/Qr54

Qr36d/Qr54d

Qr36/Qr54

I30s (sk)

mAs

37–47/29–33 (80/Sn 150 kV)

29–31

31–33

CTDIvol (mGy)

1.81 ± 0.12

2.01 ± 0.06

2.16 ± 0.05

Slice thickness/increment

1 mm / 1 mm

Field of view

160 × 160 mm

Matrix

512 × 512

  1. bk bone kernel, CT computed tomography, CTDI CT dose index, DE dual energy, iMAR iterative metal artifact reduction (brand name), ME monoenergetic extrapolation, SE single energy, sk soft tissue kernel, Sn tin-filtered