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The EBCT scanner is a special type of computed tomography (CT) unit (Figure 1). It was first introduced into clinical practice in 1983 [1], and, like a ‘conventional’ CT machine, creates transaxial slices of the human body or skull.
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Knapp, R., Bangerl, I., zur Nedden, D. (1998). Electron beam computed tomography (EBCT). In: Dawson, P., Clauss, W. (eds) Advances in X-Ray Contrast. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3959-5_10
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