Gastric cancer staging with dual energy spectral CT imaging.

PURPOSE: To evaluate the clinical utility of dual energy spectral CT (DEsCT) in staging and characterizing gastric cancers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 96 patients suspected of gastric cancers underwent dual-phasic scans (arterial phase (AP) and portal venous phase (PP)) with DEsCT mode. Three types of i...

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Main Authors: Zilai Pan, Lifang Pang, Bei Ding, Chao Yan, Huan Zhang, Lianjun Du, Baisong Wang, Qi Song, Kemin Chen, Fuhua Yan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3570537?pdf=render