Multireader evaluation of lesion conspicuity in small pancreatic adenocarcinomas: complimentary value of iodine material density and low keV simulated monoenergetic images using multiphasic rapid kVp-switching dual energy CT

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1230-1240

  McNamara, Michelle M ^a   Little, Mark D ^a   Alexander, Lauren F ^b   Van Carroll, L ^c   Mark Beasley, T ^d   Morgan, Desiree E ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual energy CT; Ductal adenocarcinoma; Multireader agreement; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

IODINE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LESION CONSPICUITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULITPHASIC RAPID SWITCHING DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; ADENOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PANCREAS TUMOR; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84930182186     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: 14320509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-014-0274-y     Document Type: Article

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