A hypertensive patient arriving at the ED with atypical chest pain. Helical Gated Chest CTA was conducted to rule out acute coronary syndrome and/or Aortic dissection. AiCE DLR demonstrates excellent visualization of detail in small vessels, enabled by its low-noise and high-resolution characteristics.
View Scan ParametersScan Mode | Helical |
Collimation | 0.5 mm x 80 |
kVp | 100 |
mAs | SUREExposure |
Rotation Time | 0.5 s |
Scan Range | 368.0 mm |
Dose Reduction | AiCE |
CTDIvol | 5.0 mGy |
DLP | 208.0 mGy·cm |
Effective Dose | 2.91 mSv |
k-factor | 0.014 (AAPM Report 96) |
Scan Mode | Volume |
Collimation | 0.5mm x 260 |
kVp | 120 |
mAs | 112 |
Rotation Time | 0.275s |
Scan Range | 130.0mm |
Reconstruction | PIQE |
CTDlvol | 9.5mGy |
DLP | 124.1mGy·cm |
Effective Dose | 1.7mSv |
k-factor | 0.014 (AAPM Report 96) |
Scan Mode | Volume |
Collimation | 0.5mm x 240 |
kVp | 100 |
mAs | 122 |
Rotation Time | 0.275s |
Scan Range | 120.0mm |
Reconstruction | PIQE |
CTDlvol | 5.7mGy |
DLP | 69.0mGy·cm |
Effective Dose | 0.96mSv |
k-factor | 0.014 (AAPM Report 96) |
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