Dual-Energy Computed Tomography in Genitourinary Imaging

Radiol Clin North Am. 2017 Mar;55(2):373-391. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2016.10.006.

Abstract

Reignited by innovations in scanner engineering and software design, dual-energy computed tomography (CT) has come back into the clinical radiology arena in the last decade. Possibilities for noninvasive in vivo characterization of genitourinary disease, especially for renal stones and renal masses, have become the pinnacle offerings of dual-energy CT for body imaging in clinical practice. This article renders a state-of-the-art review on clinical applications of dual-energy CT in genitourinary imaging.

Keywords: CT; Dual-energy CT; Genitourinary imaging; Radiation dose; Renal mass; Renal stone.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Female Urogenital Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Male Urogenital Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Radiography, Dual-Energy Scanned Projection / methods*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
  • Urogenital System / diagnostic imaging*