Quantification of liver fat content with CT and MRI: state of the art

J Starekova, D Hernando, PJ Pickhardt, SB Reeder - Radiology, 2021 - pubs.rsna.org
Hepatic steatosis is defined as pathologically elevated liver fat content and has many
underlying causes. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic …

State of the art: dual-energy CT of the abdomen

D Marin, DT Boll, A Mileto, RC Nelson - Radiology, 2014 - pubs.rsna.org
Recent technologic advances in computed tomography (CT)—enabling the nearly
simultaneous acquisition of clinical images using two different x-ray energy spectra—have …

Quantification of liver iron with MRI: state of the art and remaining challenges

D Hernando, YS Levin, CB Sirlin… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Liver iron overload is the histological hallmark of hereditary hemochromatosis and
transfusional hemosiderosis, and can also occur in chronic hepatopathies. Iron overload can …

Opportunities for new CT contrast agents to maximize the diagnostic potential of emerging spectral CT technologies

BM Yeh, PF FitzGerald, PM Edic, JW Lambert… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2017 - Elsevier
The introduction of spectral CT imaging in the form of fast clinical dual-energy CT enabled
contrast material to be differentiated from other radiodense materials, improved lesion …

Non-invasive imaging methods to evaluate non-alcoholic fatty liver disease with fat quantification: a review

W Jang, JS Song - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hepatic steatosis without specific causes (eg, viral infection, alcohol abuse, etc.) is called
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which ranges from non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) …

Multimaterial decomposition algorithm for the quantification of liver fat content by using fast-kilovolt-peak switching dual-energy CT: clinical evaluation

T Hyodo, N Yada, M Hori, O Maenishi, P Lamb… - Radiology, 2017 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To assess the clinical accuracy and reproducibility of liver fat quantification with the
multimaterial decomposition (MMD) algorithm, comparing the performance of MMD with that …

Dual-energy CT applications in the abdomen

T Heye, RC Nelson, LM Ho… - American journal of …, 2012 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to give a brief overview of the technical
background of dual-energy CT (DECT) imaging and to review various DECT applications in …

Intracranial Arterial Calcification: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Consequences: JACC Review Topic of the Week

JW Bartstra, TC van den Beukel, W Van Hecke… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - jacc.org
Intracranial large and small arterial calcifications are a common incidental finding on
computed tomography imaging in the general population. Here we provide an overview of …

Emerging clinical applications of computed tomography

C Liguori, G Frauenfelder, C Massaroni… - Medical Devices …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
X-ray computed tomography (CT) has recently been experiencing remarkable growth as a
result of technological advances and new clinical applications. This paper reviews the …

Update on cardiovascular applications of multienergy CT

K Kalisz, S Halliburton, S Abbara, JA Leipsic… - Radiographics, 2017 - pubs.rsna.org
Advances in scanner technology enabling shorter scan times, improvements in spatial and
temporal resolution, and more dose-efficient data reconstruction coupled with rapidly …