Table 1

Settings used for the different scanning acquisitions, performed with the Philips Allura Clarity (hybrid operating room cone beam CT system), Medtronic O-arm O2 (O-arm cone beam CT system), and Philips Veradius Unity mobile C-arm

hCBCToCBCTC-arm
Dose levelLD SD SDHDHDNDNDLD ND MD
FOV (cm) (label)27 (S)37 (M) 48 (L)20 (M) 20 (M)20 (M)40 (L)20 (M)13 (S)18 (M)27 (L) 27 (L)27 (M)
Patient sizeM M LMM
Tube voltage (kV)123122 120 120 120 120125120797269 67 68
Tube current time (mAs)319271 191 80 160 200240240
Tube current (mA)3.353.31.76 2.82 4.75
Pulse/s88888
Gantry size (cm)857073
Detector size (cm×cm)40×3040×3026.2×26.2
Detector pixel matrix2480×19202038×15361560×1420
3D scan rotation (degrees)180360
Copper beam filtration (mm)0.40.10.1
  • Bold text indicates the manufacturer defined standard clinical protocol.

  • FOV, field of view; hCBCT, hybrid cone beam CT; HD, high dose; L, large; LD, low dose; M, medium; MD, medium dose; ND, normal dose; oCBCT, O-arm cone beam CT; S, small; SD, standard dose.