Can spectral computed tomography imaging improve the differentiation between malignant and benign pulmonary lesions manifesting as solitary pure ground glass, mixed ground glass, and solid nodules?

Mai-Lin ChenXiao-Ting LiYi-Yuan WeiLi-Ping QiYing-Shi Sun

Published in: Thoracic cancer (2018)

Spectral CT imaging is a more promising method for distinguishing malignant from benign nodules, especially in nodules manifesting as GGNs in contrast-enhanced scanning.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced
dual energy
computed tomography
magnetic resonance imaging
high resolution
diffusion weighted
magnetic resonance
positron emission tomography
image quality
optical coherence tomography
diffusion weighted imaging
pulmonary hypertension