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Automated patient centering of computed tomography images and its implementation to evaluate clinical practices in three hospitals in Indonesia

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|Dec 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjmpe-2022-0024 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0309 | Journal ISSN: 1425-4689
Language: English
Page range: 207 - 214
Submitted on: Aug 24, 2022
Accepted on: Nov 5, 2022
Published on: Dec 15, 2022
Published by: Polish Society of Medical Physics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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