[Influence of maximum tube current threshold in automatic exposure control at 64-detector row CT: relationship between radiation dose reduction rate and variability of image noise].

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Published in Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai Zasshi on March 20, 2009

Authors

Takashi Shirasaka1, Yoshinori Funama

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiological Technology, Kyushu University Hospital.

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