Dual-energy index value of luminal air in fecal-tagging computed tomography colonography: Findings and impact on electronic cleansing

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 183-194

  Cai, Wenli ^a   Zhang, Da ^a   Lee, June Goo ^a   Shirai, Yu ^a   Kim, Se Hyung ^b   Yoshida, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CT colonography; Dual energy computed tomography; Electronic cleansing; Fecal tagging dual energy CTC

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY COLONOGRAPHY; DUAL-ENERGY; DUAL-ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC CLEANSING; ENERGY INDEXES; FECAL MATERIALS; FECAL-TAGGING DUAL-ENERGY CTC; INDEX VALUES; PHANTOMS; SOFT TISSUE;

PHANTOMS;

IOHEXOL;

ABDOMINAL FAT; AIR; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DUAL ENERGY INDEX; FECES; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHANTOM; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84875474563     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31827bc266     Document Type: Article

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