Virtual non-contrast for evaluation of liver parenchyma and vessels: results from 25 patients using multi-phase spectral-detector CT.

Kai Roman LaukampVivian HoVerena Carola ObmannKarin HerrmannAmit GuptaJan BorggrefeSimon LennartzNils Große HokampNikhil Ramaiya

Published in: Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) (2019)

VNC from the arterial and venous phases were very similar to TNC yielding mostly negligible differences in attenuation, image noise, and diagnostic utility. Inadequate iodine subtraction occurred in hepatic arteries in the arterial phase.

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