Dual-energy CT for characterization of adrenal nodules: Initial experience

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1479-1483

  Gupta, Rajan T ^a   Ho, Lisa M ^a   Marin, Daniele ^a   Boll, Daniel T ^a   Barnhart, Huiman X ^b   Nelson, Rendon C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal imaging; Dual energy CT

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADRENAL TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953258040     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3476     Document Type: Article

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