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Dual energy CT leverages the acquisition of information obtained at high and low energies to provide enriched tissue characterization and material manipulation capability. Providing improved assessment of vascular stenosis, enhanced contrast visualization and reduction in artifacts associated with normal anatomy and implanted hardware, dual energy CT is increasingly popular in cross sectional and vascular imaging of neurologic disease.
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De Leacy, R., Tanenbaum, L. (2015). Dual Energy-Spectral CT in Neurovascular Imaging. In: Carrascosa, P., Cury, R., GarcÃa, M., Leipsic, J. (eds) Dual-Energy CT in Cardiovascular Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21227-2_6
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