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Fig. 5. —Correlation between ideal threshold (mean soft-tissue CT number plus 3 standard deviations [SD]) at bottom of heart (low level) and patient's body weight. As body weight increases, ideal soft-tissue attenuation increases as function of increasing SD (y = 0.4839x + 26.179).