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Until recently the achievement of diagnostically adequate resolution in the basal subarachnoid cisterns has remained a difficult problem for computed tomography (CT). Artifacts frequently degrade image quality and preclude subtle diagnosis (Fig. 17.1.A & 17.2.A).
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Bank, W.O., Drayer, B.P., Williams, A.L., Black, F.O., Rosenbaum, A.E. (1978). Computed Tomographic Cisternography: Reduction of Diagnostic Limitations in Computed Tomography Through Intrathecal Enhancement. In: Bories, J. (eds) The Diagnostic Limitations of Computerised Axial Tomography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66859-3_17
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