Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 11 , Pages 1348-1355 , November 2009

Dual-Energy CTA with Bone Removal for Transcranial Arteries: Intraindividual Comparison with Standard CTA without Bone Removal and TOF-MRA

Received 5 April 2009 ,Accepted 14 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.05.007

Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 11 , Pages 1348-1355 , November 2009

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