ReviewEuropean journal of radiology open2021
Dual energy imaging in cardiothoracic pathologies: A primer for radiologists and clinicians.
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- Improving Image Quality of Chest Radiography with Artificial Intelligence-Supported Dual-Energy X-Ray Imaging System: An Observer Preference Study in Healthy Volunteers.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Multienergy cardiovascular CT imaging: current state and future.The British journal of radiology · 2025Review
- An artificial intelligence algorithm for the detection of pulmonary ground-glass nodules on spectral detector CT: performance on virtual monochromatic images.BMC medical imaging · 2024Article
- Low KeV virtual monoenergetic images for detecting low dose iodine- or alternative Gd-based IV contrast agents.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Angle Dependence of Electrode Lead-Related Artifacts in Single- and Dual-Energy Cardiac ECG-Gated CT Scanning-A Phantom Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Roles of spectral dual-layer CT, D-dimer concentration, and COVID-19 pneumonia in diagnosis of pulmonary embolism.European journal of radiology open · 2024Article
- Editorial for the Special Issue "Cardiothoracic Imaging: Recent Techniques and Applications in Diagnostics".Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Single-Exposure, Dual-Energy Subtraction Flat Panel X-Ray Detectors: A Health Technology Assessment.Ontario health technology assessment series · 2024Article
- [Research progress on the identification of central lung cancer and atelectasis using multimodal imaging].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2023Review
- Advances for Pulmonary Functional Imaging: Dual-Energy Computed Tomography for Pulmonary Functional Imaging.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Dual-Energy CT in Cardiothoracic Imaging: Current Developments.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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- Innovations in thoracic imaging: CT, radiomics, AI and x-ray velocimetry.Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2022Review
- Differential Diagnosis of Preinvasive Lesions in Small Pulmonary Nodules by Dual Source Computed Tomography Imaging.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Article
- Mitral annular disjunction in patients with severe aortic stenosis: Extent and reproducibility of measurements with computed tomography.European journal of radiology open · 2021Article
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Abstract
Recent advances in dual-energy imaging techniques, dual-energy subtraction radiography (DESR) and dual-energy CT (DECT), offer new and useful additional information to conventional imaging, thus improving assessment of cardiothoracic abnormalities. DESR facilitates detection and characterization of pulmonary nodules. Other advantages of DESR include better depiction of pleural, lung parenchymal, airway and chest wall abnormalities, detection of foreign bodies and indwelling devices, improved visualization of cardiac and coronary artery calcifications helping in risk stratification of coronary artery disease, and diagnosing conditions like constrictive pericarditis and valvular stenosis. Commercially available DECT approaches are classified into emission based (dual rotation/spin, dual source, rapid kilovoltage switching and split beam) and detector-based (dual layer) systems. DECT provide several specialized image reconstructions. Virtual non-contrast images (VNC) allow for radiation dose reduction by obviating need for true non contrast images, low energy virtual mono-energetic images (VMI) boost contrast enhancement and help in salvaging otherwise non-diagnostic vascular studies, high energy VMI reduce beam hardening artifacts from metallic hardware or dense contrast material, and iodine density images allow quantitative and qualitative assessment of enhancement/iodine distribution. The large amount of data generated by DECT can affect interpreting physician efficiency but also limit clinical adoption of the technology. Optimization of the existing workflow and streamlining the integration between post-processing software and picture archiving and communication system (PACS) is therefore warranted.
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