Clinical utility of dual-energy CT in the evaluation of solitary pulmonary nodules: Initial experience

Radiology

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 671-681

  Chae, Eun Jin ^a   Song, Jae Woo ^a   Seo, Joon Beom ^a   Krauss, Bernhard ^b   Jang, Yu Mi ^a   Song, Koun Sik ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IOMEPROL; IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; LUNG CALCIFICATION; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; LUNG COIN LESION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 56149087454     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2492071956     Document Type: Article

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