Table 2 CT Scan characteristics of the two independent datasets used in our study.

From: Deep learning predicts cardiovascular disease risks from lung cancer screening low dose computed tomography

  

MGH

Dataset

NLST LDCT

LDCT

Cardiac CT

Tube voltage (kVp)

120/130/140

120/100

120

Milliampere-seconds (mAs)

58.06 ± 20.59

33.80 ± 11.53

37.44 ± 10.06

Slice thickness (mm)

2.3 ± 0.4

1.0/1.25

3.0

Slice overlap (mm)

2.0 ± 0.4

0.8/1.0

1.5

In-plane resolution (mm)

0.66 ± 0.07

0.83 ± 0.09

0.34 ± 0.04

Helical pitch

1.4 ± 0.2

1.1 ± 0.2

Axial mode

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