A pilot trial on pulmonary emphysema quantification and perfusion mapping in a single-step using contrast-enhanced dual-energy computed tomography

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 92-97

  Wook Lee, Choong ^a   Beom Seo, Joon ^a   Lee, Youngjoo ^a   Jin Chae, Eun ^a   Kim, Namkug ^a   Joo Lee, Hyun ^a   Jeon Hwang, Hye ^a   Lim, Chae Hun ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CT angiography; Dual energy CT; Lung parenchyma; Lung perfusion; Pulmonary emphysema

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG PERFUSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84155172932     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e318228359a     Document Type: Article

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