Dual-source dual-energy MDCT of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: Initial observations with data generated at 80 kVp and at simulated weighted- average 120 kVp

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Macari, Michael ^a   Spieler, Bradley ^a   Kim, Danny ^a   Graser, Anno ^a   Megibow, Alec Jeffrey ^a   Babb, James ^a   Chandarana, Hersh ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; CT; Dual energy; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DUAL SOURCE DUAL ENERGY MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS DUCT; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 74749095789     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2737     Document Type: Article

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