White Paper of the Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance on Dual-Energy CT, Part 4: Abdominal and Pelvic Applications

Carlo N De Cecco; Daniel T Boll; David N Bolus; W Dennis Foley; Ravi K Kaza; Desiree E Morgan; Neil M Rofsky; Dushyant V Sahani; U Joseph Schoepf; William P Shuman; Marilyn J Siegel; Terri J Vrtiska; Benjamin M Yeh; Lincoln L Berland

doi:10.1097/RCT.0000000000000546

White Paper of the Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance on Dual-Energy CT, Part 4: Abdominal and Pelvic Applications

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2017 Jan;41(1):8-14. doi: 10.1097/RCT.0000000000000546.

Authors

Carlo N De Cecco¹, Daniel T Boll, David N Bolus, W Dennis Foley, Ravi K Kaza, Desiree E Morgan, Neil M Rofsky, Dushyant V Sahani, U Joseph Schoepf, William P Shuman, Marilyn J Siegel, Terri J Vrtiska, Benjamin M Yeh, Lincoln L Berland

Affiliation

¹ From the *Division of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; †Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; ‡Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; §Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; ∥Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI; ¶Department of Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX; #Division of Abdominal Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; **Department of Radiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA; ††Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO; ‡‡Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN; and §§Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

PMID: 27824670
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0000000000000546

Abstract

This is the fourth of a series of 4 white papers that represent expert consensus documents developed by the Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance through its task force on dual-energy computed tomography. This article, part 4, discusses DECT for abdominal and pelvic applications and, at the end of each, will offer our consensus opinions on the current clinical utility of the application and opportunities for further research.

MeSH terms

Digestive System Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Evidence-Based Medicine
Female
Female Urogenital Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Internationality
Male
Male Urogenital Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Pelvis / diagnostic imaging
Practice Guidelines as Topic / standards*
Radiography, Abdominal / methods
Radiography, Dual-Energy Scanned Projection / standards*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*