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Table 7 Mean difference in HU values between phantom sizes for all monoenergetic images and iodine concentrations with Siemens Somatom Drive

From: Quantitative benchmarking of iodine imaging for two CT spectral imaging technologies: a phantom study

Phantom sizes

10 mg/mL

20 mg/mL

30 mg/mL

50 mg/mL

100 mg/mL

M vs S

-3.25 (0.334)

-3.36 (0.607)

-2.59 (0.788)

-4.49 (0.772)

-25.80 (0.333)

L vs S

1.46 (0.661)

-1.79 (0.784)

0.01 (0.999)

-0.44 (0.997)

-29.66 (0.268)

L vs M

4.71 (0.167)

1.58 (0.809)

2.6 (0.787)

4.05 (0.793)

-3.86 (0.883)

  1. HU Hounsfield units, M vs S medium versus small phantom size, L vs M large versus medium phantom size, L vs S large versus small phantom size
  2. p-value in parentheses