Lung Perfusion with Dual-Energy Multi-detector Row CT. Can It Help Recognize Ground Glass Opacities of Vascular Origin?

Academic Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 587-594

  Pontana, François ^a   Remy Jardin, Martine ^a   Duhamel, Alain ^b   Faivre, Jean Baptiste ^a   Wallaert, Benoit ^a   Remy, Jacques ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b University Hospital Centre of Lille   (France)

Author keywords

Dual energy CT; interstital lung diseases; lung perfusion; pulmonary arteries

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION IMAGING; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77950338327     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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