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Table 1 Slot-scan digital radiography equipment and parameters

From: Low-dose whole-spine imaging using slot-scan digital radiography: a phantom study

Imaging unit

SONIALVISION G4; Shimadzu, Kyoto, Japan

High-voltage equipment

DR-300

Flat panel detector (inch)

17

Pixel size (µm)

139

Focus-receptor distance (cm)

110, 120, 150

Grid ratio

10

Beam-hardening filter (copper) (mm)

0.1, 0.2, 0.3

Tube voltage (kV)

40–150 (Fluoroscopy: 50–125)

Tube current (mA)

10-1000 (Fluoroscopy: 0.3–20.0)

Exposure time (s)

0.001–10.0

Density resolution (bits)

16

Whole-body phantom

PBU-60; Kyoto Kagaku, Kyoto, Japan

Dosimeter

Ray Safe X2, Unfors Ray Safe AB, Billdal, Sweden