Dual-energy CT based vascular iodine analysis improves sensitivityfor peripheral pulmonary artery thrombus detection: Anexperimental study in canines

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2270-2278

  Tang, Chun Xiang ^a   Zhang, Long Jiang ^a   Han, Zong Hong ^a   Zhou, Chang Sheng ^a   Krazinski, Aleksander W ^b   Silverman, Justin R ^b   Schoepf, U Joseph ^a,b   Lu, Guang Ming ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Dual energy; Experimental model; Imaging; Inter rater reliability; Iodine selective; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANINE MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG LOBE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR IODINE ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; DUAL ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; INTER-RATER RELIABILITY; IODINE-SELECTIVE IMAGING; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOGS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IOHEXOL; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84890786023     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.06.021     Document Type: Article

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