Dual energy CT in patients with acute abdomen; Is it possible for virtual non-enhanced images to replace true non-enhanced images?

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 475-483

  Im, A Lan ^a   Lee, Young Hwan ^a   Bang, Dong Ho ^b   Yoon, Kwon Ha ^a   Park, Sang Hyun ^c  

^a Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^b Republic of Korea Air Force   (South Korea)

^c Plus Internal Medicine Clinic   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Dual energy CT; Effective radiation dose; Virtual non enhanced images

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; APPENDIX DISEASE; APPENDIX STONE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BILE DUCT STONE; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOSIMETRY; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; UROLITHIASIS; VIRTUAL NON ENHANCED IMAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LITHIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84890550111     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: 14381435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-013-1141-9     Document Type: Article

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