Multienergy Photon counting K edge Imaging Potential for Improved Luminal Depiction in Vascular Imaging英文文献.pdfVIP

Note: This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues or clients, use the Radiology Reprints form at the end of this article. S T N E M Multienergy Photon-counting P O L E V K-edge Imaging: Potential for E D L A Improved Luminal Depiction in C I N H 1 C E Vascular Imaging T H Sebastian Feuerlein, MD C R The purpose of this study was to investigate whether spec- A Ewald Roessl, PhD E tral computed tomography (CT) has the potential to im- S E Roland Proksa, PhD R prove luminal depiction by differentiating among intravas- L Gerhard Martens, PhD A cular gadolinium-based contrast agent, calcified plaque, N I Oliver Klass, MD G and stent material by using the characteristic k edge of I R Martin Jeltsch, MD O gadolinium. A preclinical spectral CT scanner with a pho- Volker Rasche, PhD ton-counting detector and six energy threshold levels was Hans-Juergen Brambs, MD used to scan a phantom vessel. A partially occluded stent Martin H. K. Hoffmann, MD