Focal iodine defects on color-coded iodine perfusion maps of dual-energy pulmonary CT angiography images: A potential diagnostic pitfall

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Kang, Mi Jin ^a,b   Park, Chang Min ^a   Lee, Chang Hyun ^a   Goo, Jin Mo ^a   Lee, Hyun Ju ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Artifacts; CT angiography; Dual energy CT; Perfusion; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FOCAL IODINE DEFECT; HEART MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACTS; COLOR; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78649716896     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3241     Document Type: Article

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