Dual-Energy Multidetector Computed Tomography With Iodine Quantification in the Evaluation of Portal Vein Thrombosis: Is It Possible to Discard the Unenhanced Phase?

Giorgio Ascenti; Carmelo Sofia; Salvatore Silipigni; Sergio Vinci; Stefano Pergolizzi; Daniele Marin; Achille Mileto; Silvio Mazziotti

doi:10.1016/j.carj.2015.04.001

Dual-Energy Multidetector Computed Tomography With Iodine Quantification in the Evaluation of Portal Vein Thrombosis: Is It Possible to Discard the Unenhanced Phase?

Can Assoc Radiol J. 2015 Nov;66(4):348-55. doi: 10.1016/j.carj.2015.04.001. Epub 2015 Aug 12.

Authors

Giorgio Ascenti¹, Carmelo Sofia², Salvatore Silipigni¹, Sergio Vinci¹, Stefano Pergolizzi¹, Daniele Marin³, Achille Mileto⁴, Silvio Mazziotti¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphologic and Functional Imaging, Policlinico "G. Martino", University of Messina, Italy.
² Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphologic and Functional Imaging, Policlinico "G. Martino", University of Messina, Italy. Electronic address: carm.sofia@tiscali.it.
³ Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
⁴ Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphologic and Functional Imaging, Policlinico "G. Martino", University of Messina, Italy; Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

PMID: 26277236
DOI: 10.1016/j.carj.2015.04.001

No abstract available

Keywords: Dual energy computed tomography; Image quality; Iodine quantification; Portal vein thrombosis; Radiation dose reduction; Virtual unenhanced images.

MeSH terms

Aged
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnostic imaging
Cohort Studies
Female
Humans
Image Enhancement*
Liver Cirrhosis / diagnostic imaging
Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Multidetector Computed Tomography / methods*
Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
Portal Vein / diagnostic imaging*
Portography / methods*
Radiography, Dual-Energy Scanned Projection / methods*
Retrospective Studies
Sensitivity and Specificity
Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
User-Computer Interface*