Impact of dual-energy multi-detector row CT with virtual monochromatic imaging on renal cyst pseudoenhancement: In vitro and in vivo study

Radiology

Volumn 272, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 767-776

  Mileto, Achille ^a   Nelson, Rendon C ^a   Samei, Ehsan ^a   Jaffe, Tracy A ^a   Paulson, Erik K ^a   Barina, Andrew ^a   Choudhury, Kingshuk Roy ^a   Wilson, Joshua M ^a   Marin, Daniele ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84906871924     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.14132856     Document Type: Article

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