Dynamic single-slice CT estimates whole-lung dual-energy CT variables in pigs with and without experimental lung injury.

John N CroninJoão Batista BorgesDouglas C CrockettAndrew D FarmeryGöran HedenstiernaAnders LarssonMinh C TranLuigi CamporotaFederico Formenti

Published in: Intensive care medicine experimental (2019)

Overall, dCT closely approximates whole-lung aeration and density. This approximation is improved by inspiration where a decrease in CT density and atelectasis can be interpreted as physiological rather than artefactual.

Keyphrases

dual energy
image quality
computed tomography
contrast enhanced
positron emission tomography