Quantitative differentiation of minimal-fat angiomyolipomas from renal cell carcinomas using grating-based x-ray phase-contrast computed tomography: An ex vivo study.

Lorenz BirnbacherMargarita BraunagelMarian WillnerMathias MarschnerFabio De MarcoManuel ViermetzSigrid AuweterSusan NotohamiprodjoKatharina HellbachMike NotohamiprodjoMichael StaehlerDaniela PfeifferMaximilian F ReiserFranz PfeifferJulia Herzen

Published in: PloS one (2023)

GBPC-CT allows quantitative differentiation of minimal-fat angiomyolipomas from pRCCs and ccRCCs in contrast to absorption-based imaging and clinical MRI.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced
computed tomography
high resolution
dual energy
magnetic resonance imaging
magnetic resonance
adipose tissue
positron emission tomography
image quality
diffusion weighted imaging
cell therapy
stem cells
fatty acid
mass spectrometry