Distinguishing enhancing from nonenhancing renal lesions with fast kilovoltage-switching dual-energy CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1375-1381

  Kaza, Ravi K ^a   Caoili, Elaine M ^a   Cohan, Richard H ^a   Platt, Joel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual energy; Fast kilovoltage switching dual energy CT; Gemstone Spectral Imaging; Iodine density; Renal mass

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FAST KILOVOLTAGE SWITCHING DUAL ENERGY CT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IODINE DENSITY THRESHOLD; IODINE OVERLAY IMAGE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY TUMOR; LESION IODINE DENSITY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 82455217291     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.6812     Document Type: Article

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