Dual-Energy CT of the Heart: A Review

Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) represents an emerging imaging technique which consists of the acquisition of two separate datasets utilizing two different X-ray spectra energies. Several cardiac DECT applications have been assessed, such as virtual monoenergetic images, virtual non-contrast...

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Autores principales: Dell’Aversana, Serena, Ascione, Raffaele, De Giorgi, Marco, De Lucia, Davide Raffaele, Cuocolo, Renato, Boccalatte, Marco, Sibilio, Gerolamo, Napolitano, Giovanni, Muscogiuri, Giuseppe, Sironi, Sandro, Di Costanzo, Giuseppe, Cavaglià, Enrico, Imbriaco, Massimo, Ponsiglione, Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9503750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36135402
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jimaging8090236
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Sumario:Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) represents an emerging imaging technique which consists of the acquisition of two separate datasets utilizing two different X-ray spectra energies. Several cardiac DECT applications have been assessed, such as virtual monoenergetic images, virtual non-contrast reconstructions, and iodine myocardial perfusion maps, which are demonstrated to improve diagnostic accuracy and image quality while reducing both radiation and contrast media administration. This review will summarize the technical basis of DECT and review the principal cardiac applications currently adopted in clinical practice, exploring possible future applications.

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