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Applications and advantages of Dual Energy CT in thoracic diseases: state of the art

CT helped highlight the role of liver fat storage as a risk factor for coronary artery disease

Contrast-enhanced coronary CT angiography is instrumental in identifying significant predictors of the risk of atherosclerotic plaque formation in patients with myocardial bridging of the left anterior descending artery

A 50% reduction of iodinated contrast medium (CM) in spectral brain CT angiography optimized qualitative and quantitative image quality compared to a full dose of CM

Contrast-enhanced CT angiography shows higher pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation in patients with recent spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) compared with subjects without a history of SCAD

Contrast-enhanced thoracic CT can detect a 0.21% rate of mammary incidentalomas and provides specific imaging features contributing to a potential breast cancer diagnosis

Low-keV virtual monoenergetic images obtained with dual-layer dual-energy CT improve quantitative image parameters and provide a better diagnostic performance in colorectal cancer compared with conventional CT

Contrast-enhanced thoracic CT and abdominal CT in patients without chronic diseases allow assessment of skeletal muscle mass by correlating skeletal muscle area, index and density at each of the thoracic level and the third lumbar vertebra level

Improvement in contrast and image quality with the use of low-energy virtual monoenergetic imaging (VMI+) reconstructions on contrast-enhanced dual-energy CT angiography of the lower extremities in diabetic patients with peripheral arterial disease

Contrast-enhanced cardiac CT provides an accurate non-invasive quantification of extracellular volume in patients with newly diagnosed dilated cardiomyopathy

First study reporting on the use of contrast-enhanced high-resolution coronary CT angiography to obtain detailed parameters of myocardial bridging (MB) and analyze the effect of MB on fatal ventricular arrhythmias in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Evaluation of local endothelial shear stress with non-invasive contrast-enhanced coronary CT angiography compared to invasive intravascular ultrasound is feasible, accurate and able to provide relevant information on high-risk coronary plaques

High-resolution contrast-enhanced preoperative CT angiography accurately depicts retrograde ascending aortic intramural hematoma, allowing for safe and effective endovascular repair procedures

Major contribution of contrast-enhanced coronary CT angiography in defining a new risk model for predicting 4-year outcomes of patients with obstructive coronary artery disease

A novel deep learning-based automated approach further accentuates the high usefulness of contrast-enhanced coronary CT angiography for the quantification of coronary artery calcium

Monophasic contrast-enhanced spectral detector CT is a valid tool to quantify lung parenchyma and airway wall enhancement

Unenhanced and contrast-enhanced chest CT shows lower frequency of typical chest CT patterns of COVID-19 and lesser extent of disease in patients with omicron variant and vaccination, compared to delta variant and no vaccination

Contrast-enhanced coronary artery CT contributed to demonstrate the strict positive correlation between obstructive sleep apnea and high risk of significant coronary artery disease

Contrast-enhanced CT angiography confirms that a short distance between the styloid process and internal carotid artery may be a risk factor for carotid artery dissection

Contrast-enhanced coronary CT angiography may help to predict vulnerable high-risk coronary plaques by providing a non-invasive assessment of pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation