Assessing Vascularity of Osseous Spinal Metastases with Dual-Energy CT-DSA: A Pilot Study Compared with Catheter Angiography.
Yu-Cheng HuangFon-Yih TsuangChung-Wei LeeChun-Yu WuYen-Heng LinPublished in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2019)
Dual-energy CT-DSA correlates well with conventional DSA in assessing the vascularity of spinal metastasis. It may serve as a noninvasive preoperative evaluation option before debulking surgery.
Keyphrases
- dual energy
- computed tomography
- image quality
- spinal cord
- minimally invasive
- positron emission tomography
- contrast enhanced
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- optical coherence tomography
- coronary artery bypass
- patients undergoing
- magnetic resonance imaging
- spinal cord injury
- magnetic resonance
- lymph node
- coronary artery disease
- surgical site infection
- rectal cancer
- locally advanced