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where C is the radiographic exposure (mAs) and D(z) is the radiation dose measured at position z along the scanner's main axis.
Since doses at center of body are approximately two times of those at shallow depths in typical CT scans, improved indices are proposed and used. One of them is the weighted CTDI, CTDI<mathsub>CTDI_{100w}</mathsub>, defined as:
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