Schikorra, Thilo
May, Matthias S.
Flohr, Thomas G.
Allmendinger, Thomas
Knieling, Ferdinand
Bitan, Ido
Reina, Reut
Uder, Michael
Kopp, Markus
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
Article History
Received: 30 June 2025
Accepted: 10 December 2025
First Online: 12 December 2025
Declarations
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: M.M., M.K., and M.U. are members of the speakers’ bureau of Siemens Healthineers GmbH. T.F. and T.A. are employees of Siemens Healthineers GmbH. R.R. and I.B. are employees of Stratasys Ltd. All other authors have no affiliation with any organization with a direct or indirect financial interest in the subject discussed in the manuscript. The research phantom was on temporary loan from Siemens Healthineers. This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. All other authors declare no competing interests.
: This study complies with the Declaration of Helsinki. The retrospective analysis and publication of anonymized CT images for research purposes is in accordance with EU and German regulatory policies. The Ethics Committee of the Friedrich-Alexander Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg reviewed the study concept. Due to the retrospective nature of the study, the committee waived the need for ethical approval; consequently, informed consent was not necessary (reference number: 25-304-ANF).