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CT-based thermometry with virtual monoenergetic images by dual-energy of fat, muscle and bone using FBP, iterative and deep learning-based reconstruction.

Andreas HeinrichSebastian SchenklDavid BuckreusFelix V GüttlerUlf K-M Teichgräber
Published in: European radiology (2021)
• Virtual monoenergetic images (VMI) enable a higher temperature sensitivity for fat (8%), muscle (24%) and bone (211%) compared to conventional polychromatic 120-kVp images. • With VMI, there are parameters, e.g. monoenergy and reconstruction kernel, to modulate the temperature sensitivity. In contrast, there are no parameters to influence the temperature sensitivity for conventional polychromatic 120-kVp images. • The application of adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction-Volume (ASIR-V) and deep learning-based image reconstruction (DLIR) has no effect on CT-based thermometry, opening up the potential of drastic dose reductions in clinical applications.
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