Research Article

Automatic Detection of the Aortic Annular Plane and Coronary Ostia from Multidetector Computed Tomography

Table 1

Cohort characteristics and scan parameters.

Age (years)81 ± 7.3 (56% female, 44% male)

Number of unique contrast agents11 (90% known)
Number of unique scanners8 (10% known)
Row (pixels)512 ± 27.8
Col (pixels)512 ± 27.8
Depth (slices)492 ± 306
Pixel space x and y (mm)0.5 ± 0.1 and 0.5 ± 0.1
Slice thickness (mm)0.8 ± 0.3
X-ray tube current (mA)677 ± 357
Peak kilo voltage output of the x-ray (kV).107 ± 15
Exposure time (mAs)589 ± 549
Reconstruction diameter (mm)271 ± 77

Some parameters were not known or incomplete due to the used anonymisation process. Values are summarised in mean ± std.