Assessment of hepatic fatty infiltration using spectral computed tomography imaging: A pilot study

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 134-141

  Zheng, Xiangpeng ^a   Ren, Yanping ^a   Phillips, William T ^b   Li, Ming ^a   Song, Meifang ^a   Hua, Yanqing ^a   Zhang, Guozhen ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dual energy CT; Hepatic steatosis; Spectral imaging; Subtraction imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; SPECTROSCOPY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL-ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL-ENERGY SUBTRACTION; HEPATIC STEATOSIS; MONOCHROMATICS; PILOT STUDIES; SPECTRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; SPECTRAL IMAGING; SUBTRACTION IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING;

PIXELS;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT CONTENT; FATTY LIVER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NOISE; PHANTOM; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; THICKNESS;

EID: 84875462822     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31827ddad3     Document Type: Article

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