Oncohema Key

Fig. 9.1 A 56-year old man presented with bilateral medial malleolus acute pain without history of trauma. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) was negative. There was no history of gout, malignancy,…

Fig. 6.1 A 66-year-old woman with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. (a) DECT pancreatic parenchymal phase GSI server standard pancreatic carcinoma postprocessing “collage” with 70 keV (left column), 52 keV (middle column),…

(1.1) Here μ is the linear attenuation coefficient of the x-rays at point (x, y, z), L is the thickness of the tissue crossed by the x-ray beam, and s…

Characterization of lung nodules/masses as benign or malignant Imaging in confirmed lung cancer  Assessment of tumor vitality and therapy response  Nodal staging Imaging pulmonary embolism in cancer patients  Pulmonary perfusion…

Fig. 5.1 DECT post-processing workflow. (a) 100 kVp dataset, (b) Sn150 kVp dataset, (c) 120 kV mixed image, (d) virtual unenhanced image, (e) color-coded iodine map, (f) virtual monoenergetic image…

Fig. 8.1 (a) Conventional noncontrast, postcontrast, (b) conventional, and (c) 80 keV virtual monochromatic nephrographic images in a 45-year-old man with low attenuation intra-parenchymal lesion of the left kidney. In…

Fig. 3.1 Virtual monochromatic energies. (a) CT image reconstructed at 40 kev. (b) CT image reconstructed at 60 keV (c) CT image reconstructed at 80 keV. (d) Average weighted image…

Fig. 2.1 80 kVp (a), Sn140 kVp (b) and weighted average (WA) 120 kVp (c) portal venous phase images of the upper abdomen, demonstrating a low attenuation cystic mass in…

Fig. 7.1 A 69-year-old male with biopsy-proven adenocarcinoma of the stomach shown on axial non-contrast-enhanced CT images (a) and fused color-coded iodine maps (b) (arrows). The DECT shows excellent intralesional…