Table 4 Detailed overview of the different examination protocols
Patients | Noise | SSDE | Effective mAs | p-Value | p-Value | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall-Noise | Overall-SSDE | Overall- Eff. mAs | ||||||
Group 1 vs. Group 2 | Group 1 vs. Group 2 | Group 1 vs. Group 2 | ||||||
Group 1 | Patients 100 kV | 32 | 5.4 (4.0–8.2) | 11.7 (9.7–14.5) | 211 (141–353) | p < 0.001 | p = 0.6 | p < 0.001 |
Patients 120 kV | 17 | 5.1 (3.5–11.7) | 15.9 (11.9–21.8) | 196 (105–285) | ||||
Patients 140 kV | 6 | 6.5 (4.7–12.4) | 22.4 (20.9–28.6) | 216 (204–322) | ||||
Group 2 | Patients 120 kV | 55 | 4.4 (3.1–6.7) | 14.8 (9.4–28.9) | 169 (89–534) |