Table
4: Selected
dose optimization strategies with their expected Percentage of dose reduction.
|
CT dose reduction
technique |
Percentage of dose
reduction |
|
Tube current modulation
16 [28] |
40-60 % |
|
Bow-tie /beam shaping
filters |
up to 50 % |
|
120 kVp
for abdominal CT [15] |
20-40% |
|
Thyroid and breast
shields [27] |
20-30% |
|
Automatic adaptation of
the Pitch [16] |
30–50% |