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Table 1 CT protocols

From: CT imaging of blunt chest trauma

 

Contrast medium

Collimation

kVp

mAs

Flow rate

Delay

Additional image

Thoracic CT only

120–140 ml

4 × 1.25 16 × 1.25 64 × 0.6

80–120

300–400

3–4 ml/s

25–40 s

–

Thorax: part of whole body CT

120–140 ml

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70–75 s

–

Suspected extravasation

120–140 ml

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25–40 or 75 s

5 min