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Lung Cancer Screening: Minimum Tube Current Required for Helical CT

Shigeki Itoh, Mituru Ikeda, Shoji Arahata, Takeshi Kodaira, T Isomura, Takashi Kato, Kouji Yamakawa, Kunihiro Maruyama, Takeo Ishigaki

Radiology · 2000 · 79 citations · 18 references

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Abstract

The minimum tube current required for screening helical CT differs for different locations in the lung. An ideal CT protocol for the lung should permit the tube current to be changed during helical scanning.

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