Table 1 Radiation dose for each cadaveric specimen with different acquisition protocols employing automatic exposure control

Specimen 1

3.40

1.12

0.54

3.69

1.25

0.61

3.91

1.27

0.60

3.71

1.26

0.65

3.56

1.34

0.7

Specimen 2

3.00

0.99

0.47

3.28

1.06

0.5

3.51

1.10

0.47

3.39

1.08

0.49

2.79

0.94

0.47

Specimen 3

3.18

1.05

0.47

3.07

1.10

0.53

3.48

1.10

0.51

3.29

1.18

0.53

2.9

1.00

0.48

Specimen 4

2.61

0.80

0.39

2.66

0.76

0.37

2.91

0.94

0.40

2.87

0.90

0.36

2.62

0.77

0.54

Specimen 5

3.12

1.05

0.48

3.35

1.14

0.57

3.38

0.94

0.53

3.37

1.10

0.6

3.40

1.29

0.55

Specimen 6

2.75

0.95

0.41

2.87

0.98

0.48

2.81

0.77

0.47

2.79

0.98

0.48

2.72

1.08

0.53

Specimen 7

2.24

0.76

0.34

1.97

0.72

0.36

2.17

0.64

0.38

2.19

0.72

0.37

2.16

0.73

0.36

Specimen 8

2.40

0.82

0.35

2.37

0.79

0.39

2.34

0.67

0.38

2.39

0.82

0.39

2.44

0.83

0.41

CTDI_vol[mGy]

2.84 ± 0.38

0.94 ± 0.13

0.43 ± 0.07

2.91 ± 0.52

0.98 ± 0.18

0.48 ± 0.09

3.06 ± 0.57

0.93 ± 0.21

0.47 ± 0.07

3.00 ± 0.50

1.01 ± 0.17

0.48 ± 0.10

2.82 ± 0.44

1.00 ± 0.21

0.51 ± 0.10