Table 3 Overview of patient characteristics

Patients

55

55

Male

27

32

Female

28

23

Age (years)

61 (20–82)

59 (21–88)

Body diameter: transverse (cm)

24.7 (15.1–40.9)

24.2 (15.6–44.6)

0.52

Body diameter: lateral (cm)

34.4 (28.1–47.8)

33.1 (19.6–49.6)

0.33

Scanning range (cm)

66.1 (50.8–76.4)

65.5 (57.1–75.4)

0.5

CTDIvol (mGy · cm)

10.5 (5.8–31.7)

11.4 (6.0–36.0)

0.5

SNR

26.4 (3.9 – 58.9)

32.2 (19 – 52.3)

< 0.01

CNR

17.7 (3.7 – 42.5)

19.8 (12.1 – 34.1)

0.02

SSDE

13.3 (9.7 – 28.6)

14.8 (9.4 – 28.9)

0.6