Table 1 Acquisition settings.

From: Quantitative and qualitative image quality assessment in shoulder examinations with a first-generation photon-counting detector CT

Acquisition parameter

PCD-CT

EID-CT

Full-dose

Low-dose

Full-dose

Low-dose

Tube potential [kVp]

120

120

120

120

Tube current [mAs]

126

62

149

74

Collimation [mm]

120 × 0.2

120 × 0.2

96 × 0.6

96 × 0.6

Pitch factor

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

Rotation time [sec]

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

CTDIvol [mGy]

10.0

5.0

10.0

5.0

  1. CTDIvol volume computed tomography dose index, EID-CT energy-integrating CT, PCD-CT photon-counting CT.
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