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ArticleJapanese journal of radiology2022

Diagnostic performance of dual-energy CT in nonspecific terminal ileitis.

Xingyuan Xu, Junting Zhu, Xia Wang, Chao Zhu, Xingwang Wu

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Article in Japanese journal of radiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Xingyuan XuDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 218 Jixi Road, Hefei, 230022, Anhui, China.
Junting ZhuDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 218 Jixi Road, Hefei, 230022, Anhui, China.
Xia WangDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 218 Jixi Road, Hefei, 230022, Anhui, China.
Chao ZhuDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 218 Jixi Road, Hefei, 230022, Anhui, China.
Xingwang WuDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 218 Jixi Road, Hefei, 230022, Anhui, China. duobi2004@126.com.
Anhui Medical University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University · CN

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Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the value of dual-energy CT (DECT) imaging in the diagnosis of nonspecific terminal ileitis (NTI). MATERIALS AND

methodsThis is a retrospective study, enrolling patients with symptomatic terminal ileitis that underwent conventional multidetector CT (MDCT) enterography or DECT enterography. The sensitivity of the diagnosis of NTI between MDCT images and different kinds of DECT images (40-70 kev virtual monoenergetic images (VMIs) and iodine density images) was compared. The iodine concentrations of lesion bowel wall among NTI, Crohn's disease (CD) and intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) in DECT group and the value of lesion-to-non-lesion contrast ratios of all patients were measured. Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves for normalized iodine concentration (NIC) for differentiating among the three kinds of disease were drawn.

resultsThe sensitivity for the diagnosis of NTI in DECT group (including 40 kev, 50 keV VMIs, and iodine density images) were all 89.7%, significantly higher than that in MDCT group (65.1%) (P = 0.026). Statistical analysis did not reveal marked differences between 60 kev, 70 kev VMIs (86.2%) and MDCT images (65.1%) (P = 0.059). The NIC of NTI was (0.15 ± 0.04)100 µg/cm

conclusionsDECT has higher sensitivity in the diagnosis of NTI than MDCT. Low-keV VMI and iodine density images of DECT can clearly show the NTI. DECT imaging can help to differentiate NTI from CD or ITB by comparing the NIC.

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Crohn DiseaseIodineRadiography, Dual-Energy Scanned ProjectionContrast MediaHumansRetrospective StudiesTomography, X-Ray ComputedContrast MediaIodineDiagnostic efficacyDual-energy CTIodine concentrationNonspecific terminal ileitis

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