Dual-energy CT iodine-subtraction virtual unenhanced technique to detect urinary stones in an iodine-filled collecting system: A phantom study

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1169-1173

  Takahashi, Naoki ^a   Hartman, Robert P ^a   Vrtiska, Terri J ^a   Kawashima, Akira ^a   Primak, Andrew N ^a   Dzyubak, Oleksandr P ^a   Mandrekar, Jayawant N ^a   Fletcher, Joel G ^a   McCollough, Cynthia H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual energy CT; Genitourinary imaging; Iodine subtraction imaging technique; Reconstructed images; Urinary stones

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; UROLITHIASIS; VISIBILITY;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IODINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 43649084259     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3154     Document Type: Article

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