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"Declarations GuarantorThe scientific guarantor of this publication is Theresa Patzer (Patzer_T@ukw.de). Conflict of interest• Andreas Steven Kunz, Thorsten Alexander Bley and Jan-Peter Grunz have received speaker honoraria from Siemens Healthineers within the past 3 years.• The Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology of the University Hospital Würzburg receives ongoing research funding by Siemens Healthineers outside of the presented work. Statistics and biometryOne of the authors (Jan-Peter Grunz) has significant statistical expertise and no complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper. Informed consentWritten informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board. Ethical approvalInstitutional Review Board approval was obtained. Methodologyretrospectiveobservationalperformed at one institution Conflict of interest • Andreas Steven Kunz, Thorsten Alexander Bley and Jan-Peter Grunz have received speaker honoraria from Siemens Healthineers within the past 3 years. • The Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology of the University Hospital Würzburg receives ongoing research funding by Siemens Healthineers outside of the presented work."

"Funding Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. • The Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology receives research funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for photon-counting CT studies. • Jan-Peter Grunz was financially supported by the Interdisciplinary Center of Clinical Research Würzburg [Z-3BC/02]."