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Kuniharu Imai1, Mitsuru Ikeda, Yukihiro Enchi
1Department of Radiological Technology, Nagoya University School of Health Sciences, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Japan. imai@met.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
The purpose of our study is to quantitatively assess the effects of z-axis automatic tube current modulation technique on image noise and streak artifact, by comparing with fixed tube current technique. Standard deviation of CT-values was employed as a physical index for evaluating image noise, and streak artifact was quantitatively evaluated using our devised Gumbel evaluation method. z-Axis automatic tube current modulation technique will improve image noise and streak artifact, compared with fixed tube current technique, and will make it possible to significantly reduce radiation doses at lung levels while maintaining the same image quality as fixed tube current technique.
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