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The effect of vertical centering and scout direction on automatic tube voltage selection in chest CT: a preliminary phantom study on two different CT equipments

PURPOSE: To determine the effect of patient’s vertical off-centering and scout direction on the function of automatic tube voltage selection (ATVS) and tube current modulation (TCM) in chest computed tomography (CT). METHODS: Chest phantom was scanned with Siemens and GE CT systems using three clini...

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Autores principales: Kaasalainen, Touko, Mäkelä, Teemu, Kortesniemi, Mika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6298908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30619916
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejro.2018.12.001