Synthetic Extracellular Volume Fraction Derived Using Virtual Unenhanced Attenuation of Blood on Contrast-Enhanced Cardiac Dual-Energy CT in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy
Na Young Kim, Dong Jin Im, Jong-Chan Youn, Yoo Jin Hong, Byoung Wook Choi, Seok-Min Kang, Hye-Jeong Lee
Abstract
Synthetic hematocrit from VUE attenuation of blood may allow myocardial tissue characterization on DECT without the inconvenience of blood sampling.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineHematocritNuclear medicineRadiologyCardiac imagingPulmonary embolismCardiac outputBlood volumeVentricleCardiologyExtracellular fluidInternal medicineEjection fractionInterventricular septumRetrospective cohort studyHeart failureCardiomyopathyPredictive value of testsIntracardiac injectionProspective cohort studyIohexolAttenuationMagnetic resonance imagingConcordance correlation coefficientAdvanced X-ray and CT ImagingCardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging