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(Top) Sample transaxial-slice CT images of the head at 80 kVp (Left) and 120 kVp (Right) showing a beam-hardening artifact (arrow). (Bottom) Sample noisy transaxial-slice abdominal CT images at 1 mAs/view (Left) and 0.1 mAs/view (Right).