Diagnostic accuracy of dual-energy CT for evaluation of renal masses: systematic review and meta-analysis

JP Salameh, MDF McInnes… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study is to determine the diagnostic accuracy of dual-
energy CT (DECT) using quantitative iodine concentration in patients with renal masses …

Imaging of renal cancer

S Krishna, A Leckie, A Kielar, R Hartman… - Seminars in Ultrasound …, 2020 - Elsevier
Renal masses are common incidental findings on cross-sectional imaging. Accurate
characterization of renal masses is essential to guide management. Renal mass CT protocol …

CT number accuracy and association with object size: a phantom study comparing energy-integrating detector CT and deep silicon photon-counting detector CT

AM Salyapongse, SD Rose… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
BACKGROUND. Variable beam hardening based on patient size causes variation in CT
numbers for energy-integrating detector (EID) CT. Photon-counting detector (PCD) CT more …

Characterization of clear cell renal cell carcinoma and other renal tumors: evaluation of dual-energy CT using material-specific iodine and fat imaging

A Udare, D Walker, S Krishna, R Chatelain… - European …, 2020 - Springer
Objective This study aimed to assess material-specific iodine and fat images for diagnosis of
clear cell renal cell carcinoma (cc-RCC) compared to papillary RCC (p-RCC) and other …

Optimal combination periprosthetic vasculature visualization and metal artifact reduction by spectral computed tomography using virtual monoenergetic images in total …

J Zhao, Q Cheng, C Liu, Q Wang, Y Lv, Z Tang… - Insights into …, 2023 - Springer
Objectives To investigate the optimal parameters of spectral CT for preferably visualizing the
periprosthetic vasculature and metal artifact reduction (MAR) in total hip arthroplasty (THA) …

Development and external validation of a radiomics model for assessment of HER2 positivity in men and women presenting with gastric cancer

H Zhao, P Liang, L Yong, M Cheng, Y Zhang… - Insights into …, 2023 - Springer
Background To develop and externally validate a conventional CT-based radiomics model
for identifying HER2-positive status in gastric cancer (GC). Methods 950 GC patients who …

Effect of radiomics from different virtual monochromatic images in dual-energy spectral CT on the WHO/ISUP classification of clear cell renal cell carcinoma

D Han, Y Yu, T He, N Yu, S Dang, H Wu, J Ren… - Clinical Radiology, 2021 - Elsevier
AIM To investigate the effect of radiomics obtained from different virtual monochromatic
images (VMIs) in dual-energy spectral computed tomography (CT) on the World Health …

Diagnostic accuracy of attenuation difference and iodine concentration thresholds at rapid-kilovoltage-switching dual-energy CT for detection of enhancement in renal …

N Sadoughi, S Krishna, DB Macdonald… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The objective of our study was to evaluate iodine concentration and
attenuation change in Hounsfield unit (ΔHU) thresholds to diagnose enhancement in renal …

Pseudoenhancement in cystic renal lesions–impact of virtual monoenergetic images of photon-counting detector CT on lesion classification

KA Schade, V Mergen, T Sartoretti, H Alkadhi… - Academic Radiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Rationale and Objectives To investigate the impact of virtual monoenergetic images (VMI)
from photon-counting detector CT (PCD-CT) on the enhancement and classification of renal …

Development of a method to create uniform phantoms for task‐based assessment of CT image quality

J Conzelmann, FB Schwarz, B Hamm… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To develop a customized method to produce uniform phantoms for task‐based
assessment of CT image quality. Methods Contrasts between polymethyl methacrylate …