Dual energy CT (DECT) of the liver: Conventional versus virtual unenhanced images

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2870-2875

  De Cecco, Carlo Nicola ^a,b   Buffa, Vitaliano ^a   Fedeli, Stefano ^a   Luzietti, Monica ^a   Vallone, Andrea ^a   Ruopoli, Roberto ^a   Miele, Vittorio ^a   Rengo, Marco ^c   Paolantonio, Pasquale ^c   Maurizi Enrici, Michelangelo ^b   Laghi, Andrea ^c   David, Vincenzo ^b  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dual energy computed tomography; Iodine subtraction; Liver; Radiation dose; Virtual unenhanced images

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650303464     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1874-8     Document Type: Article

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