Principles and Applications of Dual-Layer Spectral CT in Gastrointestinal Imaging
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Dual-Layer Detector Dual-Energy CT Technology
1.2. Dual-Layer CT Post-Processing
1.3. Radiation Dose
2. Clinical Applications
2.1. Liver
2.2. Gallbladder and Biliary Tree
2.3. Pancreas
2.4. Gastrointestinal Tract
3. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Author | Year | Country | Study Nature | Pathology | Number of Subjects |
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Liver | |||||
GroßeHokamp | 2018 | Germany | Retrospective | Arterially hyper-enhancing liver lesions | 20 |
Reimer | 2021 | Germany | Retrospective | Arterially hyper-enhancing liver lesions | 31 |
Nagayama | 2019 | Japan | Retrospective | Hypovascular liver metastases | 81 |
Morita | 2021 | Japan | Retrospective | Liver fibrosis | 68 |
Ma | 2020 | China | Prospective | Liver iron overload | 31 |
Gallbladder and biliary tree | |||||
Saito | 2018 | Japan | Retrospective | Iso-dense biliary gallstones | 3 |
Soesbe | 2019 | USA | Prospective | Iso-dense biliary gallstones | 105 |
Huda | 2021 | USA | Retrospective | Acute cholecystitis | 57 |
Pancreas | |||||
El Kayal | 2019 | Germany | Retrospective | Pancreatic lesions (PDAC, cyst lesions, IPMN, MCN, NET, lymphomas, metastasis, chronic pancreatitis) | 61 |
Nagayama | 2019 | Japan | Retrospective | PDAC | 48 |
Wang | 2022 | China | Retrospective | Neuroendocrine neoplasms | 104 |
Gastrointestinal tract | |||||
Chen | 2022 | China | Retrospective | Colorectal cancer | 131 |
Wang | 2021 | China | Retrospective | Colonic wall thickening | 80 |
Lee | 2018 | Korea | Retrospective | Crohn’s disease | 76 |
Kim | 2018 | Korea | Retrospective | Crohn’s disease | 39 |
Taguchi | 2018 | Japan | Retrospective | Electronic cleansing | 35 |
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Franco, P.N.; Spasiano, C.M.; Maino, C.; De Ponti, E.; Ragusi, M.; Giandola, T.; Terrani, S.; Peroni, M.; Corso, R.; Ippolito, D. Principles and Applications of Dual-Layer Spectral CT in Gastrointestinal Imaging. Diagnostics 2023, 13, 1740. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13101740
Franco PN, Spasiano CM, Maino C, De Ponti E, Ragusi M, Giandola T, Terrani S, Peroni M, Corso R, Ippolito D. Principles and Applications of Dual-Layer Spectral CT in Gastrointestinal Imaging. Diagnostics. 2023; 13(10):1740. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13101740
Chicago/Turabian StyleFranco, Paolo Niccolò, Chiara Maria Spasiano, Cesare Maino, Elena De Ponti, Maria Ragusi, Teresa Giandola, Simone Terrani, Marta Peroni, Rocco Corso, and Davide Ippolito. 2023. "Principles and Applications of Dual-Layer Spectral CT in Gastrointestinal Imaging" Diagnostics 13, no. 10: 1740. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13101740