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Table 1 Applied scan parameters

From: Quantitative analysis of orthopedic metal artefact reduction in 64-slice computed tomography scans in large head metal-on-metal total hip replacement, a phantom study

Scan parameters

Setting

FOV (reconstructed)

455 mm

Resolution

High resolution

Pitch

0.49

CTDI (120/140 kVp)

 101/150 mAs

9.8 mGy

 202/300 mAs

19.6 mGy

 405/600 mAs

39.3 mGy

Collimation

64 × 0.625 mm

Collimation speed

0.75 s/rotation

Pixel size

0.44 mm

Matrix

1024 × 1024

Scan length

303 mm

Slice thickness

0.90 mm

Increment

0.45 mm

Dose modulation

Off

Zoom factor

1

SP filter

On

Adaptive filter

On