Assessment of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules Based on Virtual Monochrome Images and Iodine-Dependent Images Using a Single-Source Dual-Energy CT with Fast kVp Switching
With lung cancer being the most common malignancy diagnosed worldwide, lung nodule assessment has proved to be one of big challenges of modern medicine. The aim of this study was to examine the usefulness of Dual Energy Computed Tomography (DECT) in solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) assessment. Betwee...
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| author | Arkadiusz Zegadło Magdalena Żabicka Marta Kania-Pudło Artur Maliborski Aleksandra Różyk Witold Sośnicki |
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| description | With lung cancer being the most common malignancy diagnosed worldwide, lung nodule assessment has proved to be one of big challenges of modern medicine. The aim of this study was to examine the usefulness of Dual Energy Computed Tomography (DECT) in solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) assessment. Between January 2017 and June 2018; 65 patients (42 males and 23 females) underwent DECT scans in the late arterial phase (AP) and venous phase (VP). We concluded that imaging at an energy level of 65 keV was the most accurate in detecting malignancy in solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs) measuring ≤30 mm in diameter on virtual monochromatic maps. Both virtual monochromatic images and iodine concentration maps prove to be highly useful in differentiating benign and malignant pulmonary nodules. As for iodine concentration maps, the analysis of venous phase images resulted in the highest clinical usefulness. To summarize, DECT may be a useful tool in the differentiation of benign and malignant SPNs. A single-phase DECT examination with scans acquired 90 s after contrast media injection is recommended. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8f164255b4a64885a2bd82af6de951172023-11-20T09:03:15ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832020-08-0198251410.3390/jcm9082514Assessment of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules Based on Virtual Monochrome Images and Iodine-Dependent Images Using a Single-Source Dual-Energy CT with Fast kVp SwitchingArkadiusz Zegadło0Magdalena Żabicka1Marta Kania-Pudło2Artur Maliborski3Aleksandra Różyk4Witold Sośnicki5Department of Radiology, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserów 128, 04-141 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Radiology, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserów 128, 04-141 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Radiology, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserów 128, 04-141 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Radiology, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserów 128, 04-141 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Radiology, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserów 128, 04-141 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of General, Oncological, Metabolic and Thoracic Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserów 128, 04-141 Warsaw, PolandWith lung cancer being the most common malignancy diagnosed worldwide, lung nodule assessment has proved to be one of big challenges of modern medicine. The aim of this study was to examine the usefulness of Dual Energy Computed Tomography (DECT) in solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) assessment. Between January 2017 and June 2018; 65 patients (42 males and 23 females) underwent DECT scans in the late arterial phase (AP) and venous phase (VP). We concluded that imaging at an energy level of 65 keV was the most accurate in detecting malignancy in solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs) measuring ≤30 mm in diameter on virtual monochromatic maps. Both virtual monochromatic images and iodine concentration maps prove to be highly useful in differentiating benign and malignant pulmonary nodules. As for iodine concentration maps, the analysis of venous phase images resulted in the highest clinical usefulness. To summarize, DECT may be a useful tool in the differentiation of benign and malignant SPNs. A single-phase DECT examination with scans acquired 90 s after contrast media injection is recommended.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/8/2514gemstone spectral imagingdual-energy CTvirtual monochromatic imagesiodine mapspectral Hounsfield unit attenuation curvessolitary lung tumor |
| spellingShingle | Arkadiusz Zegadło Magdalena Żabicka Marta Kania-Pudło Artur Maliborski Aleksandra Różyk Witold Sośnicki Assessment of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules Based on Virtual Monochrome Images and Iodine-Dependent Images Using a Single-Source Dual-Energy CT with Fast kVp Switching Journal of Clinical Medicine gemstone spectral imaging dual-energy CT virtual monochromatic images iodine map spectral Hounsfield unit attenuation curves solitary lung tumor |
| title | Assessment of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules Based on Virtual Monochrome Images and Iodine-Dependent Images Using a Single-Source Dual-Energy CT with Fast kVp Switching |
| title_full | Assessment of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules Based on Virtual Monochrome Images and Iodine-Dependent Images Using a Single-Source Dual-Energy CT with Fast kVp Switching |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules Based on Virtual Monochrome Images and Iodine-Dependent Images Using a Single-Source Dual-Energy CT with Fast kVp Switching |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules Based on Virtual Monochrome Images and Iodine-Dependent Images Using a Single-Source Dual-Energy CT with Fast kVp Switching |
| title_short | Assessment of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules Based on Virtual Monochrome Images and Iodine-Dependent Images Using a Single-Source Dual-Energy CT with Fast kVp Switching |
| title_sort | assessment of solitary pulmonary nodules based on virtual monochrome images and iodine dependent images using a single source dual energy ct with fast kvp switching |
| topic | gemstone spectral imaging dual-energy CT virtual monochromatic images iodine map spectral Hounsfield unit attenuation curves solitary lung tumor |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/8/2514 |
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