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Unintended Consequences: Review of New Artifacts Introduced by Iterative Reconstruction CT Metal Artifact Reduction in Spine Imaging

D.R. Wayer, N.Y. Kim, B.J. Otto, A.M. Grayev and A.D. Kuner
American Journal of Neuroradiology October 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6238
D.R. Wayer
aFrom the Department of Radiology (D.R.W., N.Y.K., B.J.O., A.M.G., A.D.K.), University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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N.Y. Kim
aFrom the Department of Radiology (D.R.W., N.Y.K., B.J.O., A.M.G., A.D.K.), University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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B.J. Otto
aFrom the Department of Radiology (D.R.W., N.Y.K., B.J.O., A.M.G., A.D.K.), University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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A.M. Grayev
aFrom the Department of Radiology (D.R.W., N.Y.K., B.J.O., A.M.G., A.D.K.), University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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A.D. Kuner
aFrom the Department of Radiology (D.R.W., N.Y.K., B.J.O., A.M.G., A.D.K.), University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
bthe University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (A.D.K.), Madison, Wisconsin.
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D.R. Wayer, N.Y. Kim, B.J. Otto, A.M. Grayev, A.D. Kuner
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Oct 2019, DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A6238

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