Comparison of image quality and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma conspicuity between the low-kVp and dual-energy CT reconstructed with deep-learning image reconstruction algorithm.

Journal: European journal of radiology
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To compare the image quality and conspicuity of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) between the low-kVp and dual-energy pancreatic protocol CT reconstructed with deep-learning image reconstruction (DLIR).

Authors

  • Yoshifumi Noda
    Department of Radiology, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1194, Japan.
  • Yukiko Takai
    Department of Radiology, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1194, Japan.
  • Masashi Asano
    Department of Radiology, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1194, Japan.
  • Nao Yamada
    Department of Radiology, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1194, Japan.
  • Takuya Seko
    Department of Radiology, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1194, Japan.
  • Nobuyuki Kawai
    Department of Radiology, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1194, Japan.
  • Tetsuro Kaga
    Department of Radiology, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1194, Japan.
  • Toshiharu Miyoshi
    Department of Radiology, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1194, Japan.
  • Fuminori Hyodo
    Department of Radiology, Frontier Science for Imaging, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1194, Japan.
  • Hiroki Kato
    Department of Nuclear Medicine and Tracer Kinetics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
  • Masayuki Matsuo
    Department of Radiology, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1194, Japan.