Iodine removal in intravenous dual-energy CT-cholangiography: Is virtual non-enhanced imaging effective to replace true non-enhanced imaging?

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 692-699

  Sommer, Christof M ^a   Schwarzwaelder, Christoph B ^a   Stiller, Wolfram ^a   Schindera, Sebastian T ^b   Stampfl, Ulrike ^a   Bellemann, Nadine ^a   Holzschuh, Maria ^a   Schmidt, Jan ^a   Weitz, Juergen ^a   Grenacher, Lars ^a   Kauczor, Hans U ^a   Radeleff, Boris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cholangiography; CT; Dual energy; Iodine removal; Virtual non enhanced images

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE;

ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; INTRAVENOUS CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; IODINE REMOVAL; LIVER; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPLEEN; TRUE NON ENHANCED IMAGING; VIRTUAL NON ENHANCED IMAGING;

ADULT; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IODIPAMIDE; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858277812     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.01.087     Document Type: Article

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