From: Image quality and radiation dose assessment for the clinically applied 16-slice CT scanner using PMMA phantom and quality assurance phantom
Body region
PC readings at different phantom locations (mGy)
CTDIvol (mGy)
DLP (mGy*cm)
Center
3
6
9
12
Calculated
Displayed
Head
2.29
2.48
2.31
2.46
2.60
10
10.2
680
Body
0.77
1.81
1.48
1.82
1.65
6.1
6.31
587