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Renal Lesion Characterization with Spectral CT: Determining the Optimal Energy for Virtual Monoenergetic Reconstruction

Authors :
Schabel, Christoph
Patel, Bhavik
Harring, Scott
Duvnjak, Petar
Ramírez-Giraldo, Juan Carlos
Nikolaou, Konstantin
Nelson, Rendon C.
Farjat, Alfredo E.
Marin, Daniele
Source :
Radiology; June 2018, Vol. 287 Issue: 3 p874-883, 10p
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

Our study demonstrated a significant reduction in diagnostic accuracy for renal lesion characterization caused by significantly higher miss rates for minimally enhancing solid renal tumors at virtual monoenergetic imaging energies greater than 70 keV (P≤ .0039).

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00338419 and 15271315
Volume :
287
Issue :
3
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Radiology
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs45638128
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2018171657