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CT colonography is an accurate method for detecting synchronous lesions in patients with occlusive colorectal cancer

Preoperative CT angiography to predict surgically induced chronic kidney disease after nephrectomy

Rest myocardial perfusion patterns in normal individuals can be precisely evaluated with third-generation dual-source computed tomography

Contrast-enhanced CT of right cardiac chambers proved to be useful for planning transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement procedure

Dual-source dual-energy CT imaging allows the measurement of fractional extracellular space of the liver, providing a reliable parameter for the assessment of significant liver fibrosis or cirrhosis

256-row multislice CT angiography has shown to be an accurate method in postoperative assessment of patients with cerebral aneurysm treated with titanium clips

Dual-energy CT angiography with innovative dark blood decomposition protocols proved to be superior to non-contrast CT in the differentiation between normal aortic wall and intramural hematoma

Iodine concentration assessed with dual-energy CT represents a useful tool for non-invasive differentiation between papillary and clear cell subtypes of renal cell carcinoma

Cardiac CT angiography can analyze the dynamic change of vessel geometry during the cardiac cycle

An Italian group demonstrated the advantages of adding the arterial phase in contrast- enhanced CT studies for the evaluation of patients after high-energy blunt trauma

In patients with suspected pulmonary embolism undergoing contrast-enhanced CT angiography, the injection of 20 mL of high-concentration contrast agent was sufficient to obtain contrast-enhancement of pulmonary arteries

In patients with stage IV pancreas cancer treated with chemotherapy, contrast-enhanced dual-energy CT may provide a useful parameter for survival prediction

In patients with liver fibrosis or cirrhosis, contrast-enhanced dual-source dual-energy CT has shown to be a feasible method for the assessment of hepatic fractional extracellular space

The comparison between two different protocols in patients undergoing Wide-Detector CT angiography for simultaneous imaging of the aorta and coronary arteries showed that the volume following helical approach is associated with greater results

A retrospective study tried to identify main imaging criteria at MDCT for the indication to potential neoadjuvant chemotherapy for colon cancer, considering also diagnostic performance among multireaders

Pleural invasion in patients with peripheral lung cancer may be accurately evaluated in the pre-operative phase thanks to new 4D dynamic-ventilation CT

In patients undergoing minimal invasive aortic valve replacement (mini-AVR), baseline imaging findings at CT angiography have been compared to procedure complexity and time of intervention

In patients with suspected acute stroke, CT angiography with tube current reduction and an iterative reconstruction process may be a strategy enabling substantial lowering of the radiation dose

A new study from a German group compared image quality and radiation dose between second- and third-generation dual-source CT scanners, with single- and dual-energy acquisition, for CT pulmonary angiography

An ex-vivo study demonstrated that the application of Artificial Intelligence to radiomics improves the identification of advanced atherosclerotic lesions at coronary CT angiography