Urolithiasis is common in both developing and industrialized nations. 1–7 It is estimated that
urolithiasis will affect up to 12% of men and 5% of women in the United States during their …

Background Studies have investigated the value of various dual-energy CT (DECT)
technologies for determining renal stone composition. However, sparse multivendor …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study is to investigate the magnitude of differences
between attenuation values measured on virtual unenhanced images and true unenhanced …

Objectives To compare image quality and radiation dose of abdominal split-filter dual-
energy CT (SF-DECT) combined with monoenergetic imaging to single-energy CT (SECT) …

Interest in dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) has steadily increased since the
introduction of the first clinical scanner in 2006. Research has particularly been focused on …

OBJECTIVE. The objective of our study was to investigate the impact of large body habitus
on dual-energy CT (DECT) image quality and stone characterization. MATERIALS AND …

Purpose To assess the non-inferiority of dual-layer spectral detector CT (SDCT) compared to
dual-source dual-energy CT (dsDECT) in discriminating uric acid (UA) from non-UA stones …

This paper reports on a comprehensive approach to characterize a set of kidney stones
through various analytical techniques including ESEM-EDS, XRD, Raman, and CL …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the image quality (IQ) considerations of
rapid kVp switching dual-energy CT (rsDECT) in the assessment of urolithiasis in patients …

Rational and Objectives This study aims to investigate the performance of a whole-body,
photon-counting detector (PCD) computed tomography (CT) system in differentiating urinary …