Table 2 Peak skin and absorbed tissue doses for the investigated scan protocols
From: Measurement of skin dose from cone-beam computed tomography imaging
X-ray unit | kV | mAs | sFOV | Skin | Eye lens | Parotid | Submandibular | Thyroid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dose (mGy) | Dose (mGy) | Dose (mGy) | Dose (mGy) | Dose (mGy) | ||||
Kodak 9500 | 86 | 108 | 15×9 | 3.58 | 0.42 | 2.88 | 3.04 | 0.32 |
Kodak 9500 | 120 | 108 | 20×18 | 4.15 | 3.55 | 3.57 | 3.17 | 0.45 |
iCAT Next Generation | 120 | 18.54 | 16×13 | 1.44 | 0.92 | 1.15 | 1.21 | 0.24 |
iCAT Next Generation | 120 | 20.27 | 16×13 | 2.51 | 1.60 | 2.05 | 1.79 | 0.25 |
iCAT Next Generation | 120 | 18.54 | 23×17 | 2.08 | 1.41 | 1.93 | 1.79 | 0.25 |
iCAT Next Generation | 120 | 37.07 | 23×17 | 2.60 | 1.75 | 2.11 | 2.23 | 0.39 |
Galileos Comfort | 85 | 21 | 15×15 | 2.49 | 0.58 | 2.45 | 1.93 | 0.36 |
Galileos Comfort | 85 | 42 | 15×15 | 4.62 | 0.94 | 4.46 | 3.61 | 0.46 |
ProMax panoramic | 66 | 144 | 0.26 | 0.05 | 0.24 | 0.14 | 0.04 | |
ProMax cephalometric | 68 | 112.2 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.05 |