Genitourinary applications of dual-energy CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1434-1442

  Vrtiska, Terri J ^a   Takahashi, Naoki ^a   Fletcher, Joel G ^a   Hartman, Robert P ^a   Yu, Lifeng ^a   Kawashima, Akira ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Calculi; CT; CT urography; Dual energy CT; Renal mass; Virtual imaging

Indexed keywords

IODINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; BLADDER CANCER; CALCIUM OXALATE STONE; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URIC ACID STONE; UROGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953280096     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4404     Document Type: Review

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