Optimizing Arterial Vessel Contrast in Portal Venous Phase with Virtual Monoenergetic Images from Photon-Counting Detector CT Scans of the Abdomen-First Clinical Experiences.

Daniel DillingerDaniel OverhoffIsabelle AyxHanns L KaatschAchim HagenStefan O SchönbergStephan Waldeck

Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)

Our research suggests that virtual monoenergetic images at 40 keV in Mono+ mode derived from a PCD-CT can be a feasible alternative to a true arterial phase for assessment of vessels with worse CNR and SNR.

Keyphrases

dual energy
image quality
computed tomography
contrast enhanced
deep learning
convolutional neural network
optical coherence tomography
magnetic resonance
magnetic resonance imaging
mental health
positron emission tomography
living cells
machine learning
monte carlo