Dual energy CT: Preliminary observations and potential clinical applications in the abdomen

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-23

  Graser, Anno ^a,b   Johnson, Thorsten R C ^a   Chandarana, Hersh ^b   Macari, Michael ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal imaging; Computed tomography; Dual energy CT

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOSE CALCULATION; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IONIZING RADIATION; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIVER INJURY; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; UROLITHIASIS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; EUROPE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59249098264     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1122-7     Document Type: Review

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