Feasibility study of direct CT lymphangiography in mice: comparison with interstitial CT/MR lymphangiography.
Haruto SugawaraToshihiro FurutaAkira SumiyoshiMegumi IiyamaMasaru KamitaniAiko SuzukiArao MurakamiOsamu AbeIchio AokiHiroyuki AkaiPublished in: European radiology (2023)
• The contrast ratios of 2-min post-injection images in the direct CT lymphangiography group were significantly higher than those of CT/MR interstitial lymphangiography groups. • The visibility of lymphatic vessels in subjective analysis in the direct CT lymphangiography group was significantly better in the direct puncture group than in the CT/MR interstitial lymphangiography groups. • CT lymphangiography with direct lymph node puncture can provide excellent lymphatic delineation with contrast being maximum at 2 min after injection.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- image quality
- dual energy
- computed tomography
- lymph node
- magnetic resonance imaging
- magnetic resonance
- positron emission tomography
- ultrasound guided
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- early stage
- squamous cell carcinoma
- machine learning
- radiation therapy
- deep learning
- adipose tissue
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- convolutional neural network