Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 6 , Pages 440-446 , June 2010

Bone subtraction CTA for transcranial arteries: intra-individual comparison with standard CTA without bone subtraction and TOF-MRA

  • B. Buerke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: B. Buerke, Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Straße 33, 48149 Muenster, Germany. Tel.: +49 251 83 47305; fax: +49 251 83 45127.
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  • M. Puesken

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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  • G. Wittkamp

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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  • C. Stehling

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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  • H. Ditt

      Affiliations

    • Siemens AG, Healthcare Sector, Forchheim, Germany
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  • P. Seidensticker

      Affiliations

    • Bayer–Schering–Pharma AG, Global Medical Affairs Diagnostic Imaging, Berlin, Germany
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  • J. Wessling

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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  • W. Heindel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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  • S.P. Kloska

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Received 20 August 2009 ,Revised 14 February 2010 ,Accepted 2 March 2010.

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PII: S0009-9260(10)00097-8

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.03.002

Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 6 , Pages 440-446 , June 2010

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