Photon-Counting Detector CT Virtual Monoenergetic Images in Cervical Trauma Imaging-Optimization of Dental Metal Artifacts and Image Quality

CONCLUSIONS: Our research suggests 70 keV might be the best compromise for reducing metal artifacts affecting vascular structures and preventing vascular contrast if solely using VME reconstructions. VME imaging shows only significant effects on the general artifact burden. Vascular structures generally experience fewer metal artifacts than soft tissue due to their greater distance from the teeth, which are a common source of such …