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Radiation Dose Alert: CT Overexposure As a Result of Patient Off‑Centering

By: Denis Tack  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jbsr.3971 | Journal eISSN: 2514-8281
Language: English
Submitted on: Apr 16, 2025
Accepted on: Nov 3, 2025
Published on: Dec 3, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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