Dual-energy CT for characterization of the incidental adrenal mass: Preliminary observations

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 138-144

  Gnannt, Ralph ^a   Fischer, Michael ^a   Goetti, Robert ^a   Karlo, Christoph ^a   Leschka, Sebastian ^b   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Radiology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adrenal incidentaloma; Dual energy CT

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84455181411     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.6957     Document Type: Article

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