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Image-Guided Percutaneous Calvarial Biopsy with Low-Dose CT-Fluoroscopy: Technique, Safety, and Utility in 12 Patients

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medicine, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY, 10065, USA

    Sri Hari Sundararajan

  2. Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Baylor University Medical Center, 712 N. Washington Drive, Dallas, TX, 75246, USA

    Mougnyan Cox

  3. Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Intellirad Imaging, 3191 Grand Ave, Miami, FL, 33133, USA

    Neda Sedora-Roman

  4. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 420 East Superior Street, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA

    Srirajkumar Ranganathan

  5. Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Robert Hurst & Bryan Pukenas

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Sundararajan, S., Cox, M., Sedora-Roman, N. et al. Image-Guided Percutaneous Calvarial Biopsy with Low-Dose CT-Fluoroscopy: Technique, Safety, and Utility in 12 Patients. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 45, 134–136 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-021-02974-3

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