Table 2 Equipment characteristics

Anode material

Tungsten (W)

Filter materials

0.05 mm Silver (Ag); a 0.7 mm Aluminum (Al) filter may be also available on the system

Detector

a-Se flat panel detector

Pixel size

85 µm

kVp (median, range)

31 (26–35)

Exposure time (ms) (median, range)

516 (285–1340)

mAs (median, range)

77 (39–200)

Anode/filter combination

W / Ag

Entrance dose (mGy)

5.01 (1.51–15.1)