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High-Resolution Head CTA: A Prospective Patient Study Comparing Image Quality of Photon-Counting Detector CT and Energy-Integrating Detector CT

Felix E. Diehn, Zhongxing Zhou, Jamison E. Thorne, Norbert G. Campeau, Alex A. Nagelschneider, Laurence J. Eckel, John C. Benson, Ajay A. Madhavan, Girish Bathla, Vance T. Lehman, Nathan R. Huber, Francis Baffour, Joel G. Fletcher, Cynthia H. McCollough and Lifeng Yu
American Journal of Neuroradiology October 2024, 45 (10) 1441-1449; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8342
Felix E. Diehn
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Zhongxing Zhou
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Jamison E. Thorne
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Norbert G. Campeau
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Alex A. Nagelschneider
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Laurence J. Eckel
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John C. Benson
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Ajay A. Madhavan
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Girish Bathla
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Vance T. Lehman
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Nathan R. Huber
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Francis Baffour
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Joel G. Fletcher
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Lifeng Yu
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Felix E. Diehn, Zhongxing Zhou, Jamison E. Thorne, Norbert G. Campeau, Alex A. Nagelschneider, Laurence J. Eckel, John C. Benson, Ajay A. Madhavan, Girish Bathla, Vance T. Lehman, Nathan R. Huber, Francis Baffour, Joel G. Fletcher, Cynthia H. McCollough, Lifeng Yu
High-Resolution Head CTA: A Prospective Patient Study Comparing Image Quality of Photon-Counting Detector CT and Energy-Integrating Detector CT
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