Dual-energy Computed Tomography (DECT) in Renal Masses. Nonlinear versus Linear Blending

Academic Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1186-1193

  Ascenti, Giorgio ^a   Krauss, Bernhard ^b   Mazziotti, Silvio ^a   Mileto, Achille ^a   Settineri, Nicola ^a   Vinci, Sergio ^a   Donato, Rocco ^a   Gaeta, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dual energy CT; Image quality; Linear blending; Nonlinear blending; Renal masses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865778492     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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