Usefulness of dual-energy CT scanning at 80 kVp for identifying hilar and mediastinal structures: Evaluation of contrast enhancement of the pulmonary vessels and lymph nodes

Japanese Journal of Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-77

  Imafuji, Ayano ^a   Hara, Masaki ^a   Sasaki, Shigeru ^a   Arakawa, Toshinao ^a   Ozawa, Yoshiyuki ^a   Shibamoto, Yuta ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

80 kVp; Chest; Dual energy CT; Enhanced CT; Lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CANCER; LUNG HILUS; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEIN; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEINS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862312964     PISSN: 18671071     EISSN: 1867108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-011-0014-y     Document Type: Article

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