Table 5 For each combination of beam energy and imaging method the mean and maximum dose values, the dose values on 95, 5 and 1% of the volume (D95, D5 and D1)
From: The impact of dual energy CT imaging on dose calculations for pre-clinical studies
100 kVp | 225 kVp | 100 kVp | 225 kVp | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DECT | SECT | DECT | SECT | DECT | SECT | SECT | SECT | |
Dose (Gy) | Brain | Spinal Cord | ||||||
Mean | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
Maximum | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
D95 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
D5 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
D1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
Tumour | Bone | |||||||
Mean | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
Maximum | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
D95 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
D5 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 8.3 | 3.0 | 5.5 |
D1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 9.3 | 3.2 | 5.8 |