Initial clinical experience with dual-layer detector spectral CT in patients with acute intracerebral haemorrhage: A single-centre pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical feasibility of spectral analyses using dual-layer detector spectral computed tomography (CT) in acute intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH).

Material and methods

We retrospectively reviewed patients with acute ICH who underwent CT angiography on a dual-layer detector spectral CT scanner. A spectral data analysis was performed to detect contrast enhancement in or adjacent to acute ICH by using spectral image reconstructions including monoenergetic (MonoE), virtual noncontrast (VNC), and iodine overlay fusion images. We also acquired a spectral plot to assess material differentiation within lesions.

Results

Among the 30 patients, the most common cause of acute ICH was chronic hypertension (18/30, 60%) followed

SUBMITTER: Cho SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5675383 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature