Ultra Helical CTA combined with AiCE deep learning reconstruction, demonstrating good deployment of the thoracic aortic stent. The low-noise high-resolution properties of AiCE DLR enable excellent visualization of anatomical detail.
View Scan ParametersScan Mode | Ultra Helical |
Collimation | 0.5 mm x 80 |
kVp | 100 |
mAs | SUREExposure |
Rotation Time | 0.5 s |
Scan Range | 624.0 mm |
Dose Reduction | AiCE |
CTDIvol | 2.9 mGy |
DLP | 194.4 mGy·cm |
Effective Dose | 2.8 mSv |
k-factor | 0.0145 (AAPM Report 96) |
High-resolution characteristics of AiCE deep learning reconstruction revealing extensive emphysematous changes of both lung fields.
View Scan ParametersScan Mode | Ultra Helical |
Collimation | 0.5 mm x 80 |
kVp | 100 |
mAs | SUREExposure |
Rotation Time | 0.5 s |
Scan Range | 375.0 mm |
Dose Reduction | AiCE |
CTDIvol | 1.4 mGy |
DLP | 47.4 mGy·cm |
Effective Dose | 0.66 mSv |
k-factor | 0.014 (AAPM Report 96) |
Sub-mSv Ultra Helical CT of the chest revealing tracheal stent in situ with bilateral pleural thickening and pleural effusion with draining tube. Despite the extremely low effective dose, AiCE was able to produce excellent HRCT images in all planes.
View Scan ParametersScan Mode | Ultra Helical |
Collimation | 0.5 mm x 80 |
kVp | 100 |
mAs | SUREExposure |
Rotation Time | 0.275 s |
Scan Range | 340.0 mm |
Dose Reduction | AiCE |
CTDIvol | 1.4 mGy |
DLP | 53.0 mGy·cm |
Effective Dose | 0.7 mSv |
k-factor | 0.014 (AAPM Report 96) |
Excellent image quality with AiCE DLR relative to Hybrid IR approaches – lower noise, finer grain size and sharper images.
View Scan ParametersScan Mode | Ultra-Helical |
Collimation | 0.5 mm x 80 |
kVp | 120 |
mAs | EC |
Reconstruction | AiCE Body Sharp |
CTDIvol | 11.0 mGy |
DLP | 605.7 mGy·cm |
Effective Dose | 9.0 mSv |
k-factor | 0.014 (AAPM Report 96) |
AiCE DLR demonstrating excellent visualization of subtle Ground-Glass Opacity and Emphysematous changes, through low-noise and high-resolution characteristics.
View Scan ParametersScan Mode | Ultra-Helical |
Collimation | 0.5 mm x 80 |
kVp | 120 |
mAs | EC |
Reconstruction | AiCE Lung |
CTDIvol | 9.1 mGy |
DLP | 392.5 mGy·cm |
Effective Dose | 5.7 mSv |
k-factor | 0.014 (AAPM Report 96) |
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