Cone Beam Micro-CT System for Small Animal Imaging and Performance Evaluation

Table 1

Micro-CT scanning protocols for phantoms and mouse.

Protocol	Wire phantom	Water phantom	Mouse
Target voltage	45 kVp	50 kVp	50 kVp
Target current	1.0 mA	0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 1.2 mA	1.2 mA
Integrated time	0.6 s/view	0.6 s/view	0.6 s/view
SDD	498 mm	498 mm	498 mm
Magnification ratio	1.3 and 2.36	1.3	1.3
Number of views	500	500	500
Scan mode	360^∘ full scan	360^∘ full scan	360^∘ full scan
Voxel size	0.01×0.01×0.05 mm^3	0.1×0.1×0.1 mm^3	0.1×0.1×0.16 mm^3