Grating-based x-ray dark-field CT for lung cancer diagnosis in mice.

Peiyuan GuoLi ZhangJincheng LuHuitao ZhangXiaohua ZhuChengpeng WuXiangwen ZhanHongxia YinZhenchang WangYan XuZhentian Wang

Published in: European radiology experimental (2024)

• Lung cancer progression was observed using x-ray dark-field CT. • Dark-field modality complements with attenuation modality in lung nodule detection. • Dark-field modality showed a detectability index higher than that attenuation in nodule detection.

Keyphrases

dual energy
computed tomography
high resolution
image quality
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contrast enhanced
positron emission tomography
metabolic syndrome
sensitive detection
high fat diet induced
quantum dots
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