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Technical Aspects of Cardiac CT - ImPACT CT Scanner Evaluation ...

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Helical cardiac <strong>CT</strong>– ECG dose modulation<br />

• Tube current (mA) decreased to a prescribed<br />

minimum value outside phase region <strong>of</strong> interest<br />

– eg 20%, 4% <strong>of</strong> maximum dose<br />

• Full dose at required phase region, with a margin<br />

• Other phases can still be used for functional study<br />

Radiation on<br />

Reconstruction phase<br />

Available for image recon.<br />

100%<br />

100%<br />

20%<br />

4%<br />

Harefield <strong>Cardiac</strong> Course

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