Dual energy MDCT assessment of renal lesions: An overview

European Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 353-362

  Mileto, Achille ^a,b   Marin, Daniele ^a   Nelson, Rendon C ^a   Ascenti, Giorgio ^b   Boll, Daniel T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; Dual energy CT; Multidetector CT; Renal cell carcinoma; Renal lesions

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DECOMPOSITION; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY INJURY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84893250572     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-3030-8     Document Type: Article

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