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DICOM PS3.3 2020a - Information Object Definitions |
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DCID 10024 “Water Equivalent Diameter Method”. |
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X-Ray dose, measured in dGy*cm*cm, to which the patient was exposed for |
Area Dose Product |
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theacquisitionoftheentireIrradiationEventfromwhichthisimageandframe |
was reconstructed. Note
1.All of the images and frames reconstructed from the same Irradiation Event will have the same value for this Attribute, which is the total for the Irradiation Event, which is repeated in eachimageorframe,regardlessofwhetherornottheIrradiation Event UID (0008,3010) is present with a value in the Irradiation Event Identification Macro. I.e., the values for each image or frame should not be summed. The sum of the area dose products for each Irradiation Event may not result in the total area dose product to which the patient was exposed.
2.This may be an estimated value based on assumptions about the patient’s body size and habitus.
3.This value is required by [IEC 60601-2-63].
Note
ThedosethatapatientreceivesinagivenproceduremaybereportedinoneormoreinstancesoftheRadiationDoseReport SOP Class using TID 10011 “CT Radiation Dose”.
C.8.15.3.8.1 Exposure Time in ms Attribute (Informative)
An example of how the value of Exposure Time in ms (0018,9328) can be calculated:
The Exposure Time Texposuretime of a volume shall be the time of the X-Ray radiation in position with this volume. It depends on the travel speed and the total collimation width.
Texposuretime of the volume represented by a distinguished frame of a Spiral Scan can be calculated as follows:
Texposuretime = N x S / Vtravelspeed
CTpitchfactor = DD / N x S
Vtravelspeed = DD / Trevolutiontime
From this the exposure time can be derived:
Texposuretime = N x S x Trevolutiontime / DD = Trevolutiontime / CTpitchfactor
Legend:
DD = Table Feed per Rotation (0018,9310) in mm distance moved by the patient support in the z direction per 360° revolution in Spiral scanning
S = collimation of a single slice in mm
N = number slices
N x S = Total Collimation Width (0018,9307) in mm
Vtravelspeed = Table Speed (0018,9309) in mm/second, travel speed of the patient table
Trevolutiontime = Revolution time (0018,9305) in seconds