Tin-filter enhanced dual-energy-ct: Image quality and accuracy of CT numbers in virtual noncontrast imaging

Academic Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 596-603

  Kaufmann, Sascha ^a   Sauter, Alexander ^a   Spira, Daniel ^a   Gatidis, Sergios ^a   Ketelsen, Dominik ^a   Heuschmid, Martin ^a   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Thomas, Christoph ^a  

^a Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dual energy; Dual source; Virtual noncontrast imaging

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE; TIN;

ACCURACY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BONE MARROW; CAVA VEIN; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FILTER; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING; IMAGING SOFTWARE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE; PANCREAS; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN; VIRTUAL NONCONTRAST IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRAFILTRATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84875878343     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2013.01.010     Document Type: Article

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