Realistic Kidney Tissue Surrogates for Multienergy Computed Tomography—Feasibility and Estimation of Energy-Dependent Attenuation Thresholds for Renal Lesion Enhancement in Low-kV and Virtual Monoenergetic Imaging

Conclusions Kidney tissue surrogates more accurately emulate the energy-dependent CT attenuation characteristics of renal parenchyma for multienergy CT compared with conventional water-iodine approaches. Energy-dependent thresholds for definite lesion enhancement could facilitate lesion characterization when imaging at different energies than the traditional 120 kVp.
Source: Investigative Radiology - Category: Radiology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research