单位:[1]Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan County, Taiwan.中山大学附属第二医院[2]Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.[3]Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628.[4]Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.[5]Department of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.医技科室影像中心放射科首都医科大学附属北京友谊医院
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study is to describe the appearance and frequency of gas interface artifacts in the jejunum that may mimic severe bowel disease on iodine-density images generated from rapid-voltage-switching dual-energy CT (DECT) scans. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Two readers retrospectively reviewed 108 consecutive abdominal rapid-voltage-switching DECT scans to record the presence of image artifacts in jejunal segments with different degrees of gaseous luminal filling, classified as full, partial, or absent. Readers viewed iodine-density images and corresponding 140-kVp and 65-keV virtual monochromatic images and classified the jejunal artifacts on iodine-density images as pseudostratified appearance of the bowel wall, pseudopneumatosis, pseudohyperenhancement, or pseudohypoenhancement. We correlated the presence of the artifacts with clinical features suggesting bowel disease. RESULTS. Image artifacts were found in 91 of 108 scans (84.3%), appeared in 148 of 265 jejunal segments (55.8%), and included each type except for pseudohypoenhancement. Artifacts occurred exclusively when gas was present in the bowel lumen and were seen in 59 of 59 (100%) fully gas-distended segments, 89 of 98 (90.8%) partially gas-distended segments, and none of 108 gas-absent segments (p < 0.0001). In fully and partially gas-distended jejunal segments (n = 157), 148 (94.3%) segments had two or more artifacts. None of the patients was found to have clinical bowel-related injury on follow-up of medical records. CONCLUSION. Pseudostratified appearance, pseudopneumatosis, and pseudohyperenhancement, but not pseudohypoenhancement, artifacts are common in gas-filled jejunal segments on iodine-density images generated from rapid-voltage-switching DECT scans and are not seen in the corresponding 140-kVp or 65-keV images. Knowledge of the appearance of such iodine-density image artifacts will avoid potential examination interpretation pitfalls.
基金:
GE HealthcareGeneral ElectricGE Healthcare; U.S. National Institutes of HealthUnited States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA [1R41DK104580, 1R01EB015476]; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERINGUnited States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USANIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging & Bioengineering (NIBIB) [R01EB015476] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASESUnited States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USANIH National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) [R41DK104580] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
第一作者单位:[1]Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan County, Taiwan.
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Wu En-Haw,Kim So Yeon,Wang Z. Jane,et al.Appearance and Frequency of Gas Interface Artifacts Involving Small Bowel on Rapid-Voltage-Switching Dual-Energy CT Iodine-Density Images[J].AMERICAN JOURNAL of ROENTGENOLOGY.2016,206(2):301-306.doi:10.2214/AJR.15.14374.
APA:
Wu, En-Haw,Kim, So Yeon,Wang, Z. Jane,Chang, Wei-Chou,Zhao, Li-Qin&Yeh, Benjamin M..(2016).Appearance and Frequency of Gas Interface Artifacts Involving Small Bowel on Rapid-Voltage-Switching Dual-Energy CT Iodine-Density Images.AMERICAN JOURNAL of ROENTGENOLOGY,206,(2)
MLA:
Wu, En-Haw,et al."Appearance and Frequency of Gas Interface Artifacts Involving Small Bowel on Rapid-Voltage-Switching Dual-Energy CT Iodine-Density Images".AMERICAN JOURNAL of ROENTGENOLOGY 206..2(2016):301-306