High-Pitch Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography—A New Dose-Saving Algorithm: Estimation of Radiation Exposure

Table 2

Measured organ equivalent doses of high-pitch CTCA using different tube voltages (mSv).

Organ/tissue	100 kV	120 kV
Thyroid gland	0.03	0.04
Esophagus	0.05	0.05
Lung	0.20	0.33
Breast	0.07	0.13
Stomach	0.45	0.67
Liver	0.06	0.12
Colon	0.03	0.03
Urinary bladder	0.00	0.00
Red bone marrow	0.01	0.02
Skeleton	0.00	0.00
Skin	0.00	0.01
Male gonads	0.00	0.00
Female gonads	0.01	0.01
Remaining organs	0.22	0.37