Multimaterial decomposition algorithm for the quantifcation of liver fat content by using fast-kilovolt-peak switching dual-energy CT: Experimental validation

Radiology

Volumn 282, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 381-389

  Hyodo, Tomoko ^a   Hori, Masatoshi ^b   Lamb, Peter ^e   Sasaki, Kosuke ^c   Wakayama, Tetsuya ^d   Chiba, Yasutaka ^f   Mochizuki, Teruhito ^g   Murakami, Takamichi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c CT Research Group   (Japan)

^d GE HealthCare Japan   (Japan)

^e GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^f KINDAI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPOXY RESIN; FERRIC OXIDE; POLYURETHAN;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAST-KILOVOLT-PEAK SWITCHING-DUAL-ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER LEVEL; MEASUREMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIMATERIAL DECOMPOSITION ALGORITHM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHANTOM; RADIATION ATTENUATION; REFERENCE VALUE; SINGLE-ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; VALIDATION STUDY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGING PHANTOM; IN VITRO STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PIG; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; FATTY LIVER; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 85013648755     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2016160129     Document Type: Article

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