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Deep Learning–Generated Synthetic MR Imaging STIR Spine Images Are Superior in Image Quality and Diagnostically Equivalent to Conventional STIR: A Multicenter, Multireader Trial

L.N. Tanenbaum, S.C. Bash, G. Zaharchuk, A. Shankaranarayanan, R. Chamberlain, M. Wintermark, C. Beaulieu, M. Novick and L. Wang
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2023, 44 (8) 987-993; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7920
L.N. Tanenbaum
aFrom RadNet (L.N.T., S.C.B.), New York, New York
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bStanford University Medical Center (G.Z., C.B.), Stanford, California
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L.N. Tanenbaum, S.C. Bash, G. Zaharchuk, A. Shankaranarayanan, R. Chamberlain, M. Wintermark, C. Beaulieu, M. Novick, L. Wang
Deep Learning–Generated Synthetic MR Imaging STIR Spine Images Are Superior in Image Quality and Diagnostically Equivalent to Conventional STIR: A Multicenter, Multireader Trial
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