Table 5:

Illustrative ICU patient CT/CTA and cerebral angiography exposuresa

Patient 1Patient 2Patient 3Patient 4
No. of CTA12888
PSD (mGy)1187791791791
No. of head CT27418
PSD (mGy)78274157706
No. of cerebral angiograms119214
Cumulative skin dose (mGy)b266715749083261
Total skin dose, all exams (mGy)3932263918564758
Time interval for all exams (days)30181631
  • a All patient CT exams performed on scanner 1.

  • b Cumulative skin dose for cerebral angiography predicted from phantom measurements.