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Ultra-High-Resolution Photon-Counting-Detector CT with a Dedicated Denoising Convolutional Neural Network for Enhanced Temporal Bone Imaging

Shaojie Chang, John C. Benson, John I. Lane, Michael R. Bruesewitz, Joseph R. Swicklik, Jamison E. Thorne, Emily K. Koons, Matthew L. Carlson, Cynthia H. McCollough and Shuai Leng
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2025, 46 (6) 1188-1195; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8572
Shaojie Chang
aFrom the Depsartment of Radiology (S.C., J.C.B., J.I.L., M.R.B., J.R.S., J.E.T., E.K.K., M.L.C., C.H.M., S.L.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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John C. Benson
aFrom the Depsartment of Radiology (S.C., J.C.B., J.I.L., M.R.B., J.R.S., J.E.T., E.K.K., M.L.C., C.H.M., S.L.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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John I. Lane
aFrom the Depsartment of Radiology (S.C., J.C.B., J.I.L., M.R.B., J.R.S., J.E.T., E.K.K., M.L.C., C.H.M., S.L.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Michael R. Bruesewitz
aFrom the Depsartment of Radiology (S.C., J.C.B., J.I.L., M.R.B., J.R.S., J.E.T., E.K.K., M.L.C., C.H.M., S.L.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Joseph R. Swicklik
aFrom the Depsartment of Radiology (S.C., J.C.B., J.I.L., M.R.B., J.R.S., J.E.T., E.K.K., M.L.C., C.H.M., S.L.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Jamison E. Thorne
aFrom the Depsartment of Radiology (S.C., J.C.B., J.I.L., M.R.B., J.R.S., J.E.T., E.K.K., M.L.C., C.H.M., S.L.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Emily K. Koons
aFrom the Depsartment of Radiology (S.C., J.C.B., J.I.L., M.R.B., J.R.S., J.E.T., E.K.K., M.L.C., C.H.M., S.L.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Matthew L. Carlson
aFrom the Depsartment of Radiology (S.C., J.C.B., J.I.L., M.R.B., J.R.S., J.E.T., E.K.K., M.L.C., C.H.M., S.L.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
bDepartment of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (M.L.C.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Cynthia H. McCollough
aFrom the Depsartment of Radiology (S.C., J.C.B., J.I.L., M.R.B., J.R.S., J.E.T., E.K.K., M.L.C., C.H.M., S.L.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Shuai Leng
aFrom the Depsartment of Radiology (S.C., J.C.B., J.I.L., M.R.B., J.R.S., J.E.T., E.K.K., M.L.C., C.H.M., S.L.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Shaojie Chang, John C. Benson, John I. Lane, Michael R. Bruesewitz, Joseph R. Swicklik, Jamison E. Thorne, Emily K. Koons, Matthew L. Carlson, Cynthia H. McCollough, Shuai Leng
Ultra-High-Resolution Photon-Counting-Detector CT with a Dedicated Denoising Convolutional Neural Network for Enhanced Temporal Bone Imaging
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