Dual energy subtraction digital radiography: Technical considerations, clinical applications, and imaging pitfalls

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 303-313

  Gilkeson, Robert C ^a   Sachs, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest disease; Digital radiography; Dual energy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG NODULE; RADIOGRAPHY; SCREENING; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CALCINOSIS; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33751192464     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rti.0000213646.34417.be     Document Type: Article

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