Incidental adrenal lesions detected on enhanced abdominal dual-energy CT: Can the diagnostic workup be shortened by the implementation of virtual unenhanced images?

Botsikas, Diomidis; Triponez, Frédéric; Boudabbous, Sana; Hansen, Catrina; Becker, Christoph; Montet, Xavier Cédric Rodolphe

doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.06.017

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Incidental adrenal lesions detected on enhanced abdominal dual-energy CT: Can the diagnostic workup be shortened by the implementation of virtual unenhanced images?

ContributorsBotsikas, Diomidis; Triponez, Frédéric; Boudabbous, Sana; Hansen, Catrina; Becker, Christoph; Montet, Xavier Cédric Rodolphe

Published inEuropean journal of radiology, vol. 83, no. 10, p. 1746-1751

Publication date2014

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To determine whether post-processing of the data from portal-phase enhanced dual-energy CT (DECT), with or without the addition of a late enhanced phase acquisition, may enable characterization of adrenal lesions without the need for acquisition of pre-contrast images.

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BOTSIKAS, Diomidis et al. Incidental adrenal lesions detected on enhanced abdominal dual-energy CT: Can the diagnostic workup be shortened by the implementation of virtual unenhanced images? In: European journal of radiology, 2014, vol. 83, n° 10, p. 1746–1751. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.06.017

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PID : unige:40803
DOI : 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.06.017
PMID : 25064663

ISSN of the journal0720-048X

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Incidental adrenal lesions detected on enhanced abdominal dual-energy CT: Can the diagnostic workup be shortened by the implementation of virtual unenhanced images?

To determine whether post-processing of the data from portal-phase enhanced dual-energy CT (DECT), with or without the addition of a late enhanced phase acquisition, may enable characterization of adrenal lesions without the need for acquisition of pre-contrast images.

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