Open AccessAssessment of Virtual Monoenergetic Images in Run-off Computed Tomography Angiography: A Comparison Study to Conventional Images From Spectral Detector Computed Tomography
Author(s) -
Haiyan Ren,
Yanhua Zhen,
Zheng Gong,
Chuanzhuo Wang,
Zhihui Chang,
Jiahe Zheng
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of computer assisted tomography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1532-3145
pISSN - 0363-8715
DOI - 10.1097/rct.0000000000001126
Subject(s) - medicine , computed tomography , computed tomography angiography , detector , tomography , nuclear medicine , radiology , computed tomography laser mammography , angiography , optics , preclinical imaging , physics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , in vivo
The aims of this study were to evaluate image quality of virtual monoenergetic images (VMIs) compared with conventional images (CIs) from spectral detector CT (SDCT) and to explore the optimal energy level in run-off computed tomography angiography (CTA).