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Table 2 Average radiation dose estimates by CT scan location

From: Monitoring change in volume of calcifications in juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathy: a pilot study using low dose computed tomography

 

Total number of scans

Average CTDI mGy (stdv)

Average DLP mGyacm (stdv)

Average effective dose mSv (stdv)

Upper extremity

12

4.322 (1.656)

16.133 (4.770)

0.007 (0.002)

Lower extremity

6

4.283 (0.581)

18.167 (3.488)

0.010 (0.005)

Chesta

1

4.200

17.000

0.245

  1. amissing radiation information from first scan
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Pediatric Rheumatology

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