Patient Size
The size of the patient is classified in five categories: Extra Small, Small,
Medium, Large and Extra Large.
Press one of the buttons to select the desired patient size.
The patient size setting affects the mAs value.
The default values for adjusting mAs are listed in the following tables.
Depending on the configuration, the default behaviour can be overruled and
the parameters that are affected by the patient size and the actual variation
values can be defined specifically for each exam type.
Table 25: mAs variation over patient size
Patient size
mAs
Extra Small
normal mAs * 0.25
Small
normal mAs * 0.5
Medium
normal mAs
Large
normal mAs * 2
Extra Large
normal mAs * 4
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