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Research ArticleHead and Neck Imaging

Dual-Energy Parathyroid 4D-CT: Improved Discrimination of Parathyroid Lesions from Thyroid Tissue Using Noncontrast 40-keV Virtual Monoenergetic Images

P.M. Bunch, A.A. Pavlina, M.E. Lipford and J.R. Sachs
American Journal of Neuroradiology September 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7265
P.M. Bunch
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina
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A.A. Pavlina
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina
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M.E. Lipford
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina
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J.R. Sachs
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina
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P.M. Bunch, A.A. Pavlina, M.E. Lipford, J.R. Sachs
Dual-Energy Parathyroid 4D-CT: Improved Discrimination of Parathyroid Lesions from Thyroid Tissue Using Noncontrast 40-keV Virtual Monoenergetic Images
American Journal of Neuroradiology Sep 2021, DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A7265

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American Journal of Neuroradiology Sep 2021, DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A7265
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