Differentiation between blood and iodine in a bovine brain-Initial experience with Spectral Photon-Counting Computed Tomography (SPCCT).

Isabelle RiedererSalim Si-MohamedSebastian EhnDaniel Bar-NessPeter B NoëlAlexander A FingerleFranz PfeifferErnst J RummenyPhilippe DouekDaniela Pfeiffer

Published in: PloS one (2019)

SPCCT providing iodine maps and virtual non-contrast images allows material decomposition, differentiation between blood and iodine in vitro and ex vivo in a bovine brain model and reliably quantifies the iodine concentration.

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