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However, synthetic computed tomography (sCT), a technique that generates CT-like images from MRI data, including deep learning methods, zero echo time, ultrashort echo time, and gradient-recalled echo sequences, has emerged as an innovative tool. It offers detailed anatomical resolution without ionizing radiation and combines the advantages of both, MRI and CT, by enabling the simultaneous evaluation of inflammatory and structural lesions. 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