Dual energy CT can aid in the emergent differentiation of acute traumatic and pathologic fractures of the pelvis and long bones.
Ghada IssaMichael MulliganPublished in: Emergency radiology (2020)
DECT scanning can aid in the differentiation between hematoma at acute traumatic fracture sites and neoplasm at pathologic fracture sites. HU of the bone marrow is higher for pathologic fractures, and the difference in bone marrow attenuation is more evident on the virtual bone marrow color maps.
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