Usefulness of the virtual monochromatic image in dual-energy spectral CT for decreasing renal cyst pseudoenhancement: A phantom study

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1316-1319

  Jung, Dae Chul ^a   Oh, Young Taik ^a   Kim, Man Deuk ^a   Park, Mina ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dual energy CT; MDCT; Phantom study; Pseudoenhancement; Renal cyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY CYST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84870948219     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.8660     Document Type: Article

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