TY  - JOUR
A1  - D’Angelo, Tommaso
A1  - Albrecht, Moritz Hans Ernst
A1  - Caudo, Danilo
A1  - Mazziotti, Silvio
A1  - Vogl, Thomas J.
A1  - Wichmann, Julian
A1  - Martin, Simon
A1  - Yel, Ibrahim
A1  - Ascenti, Giorgio
A1  - Koch, Vitali
A1  - Cicero, Giuseppe
A1  - Blandino, Alfredo
A1  - Booz, Christian
T1  - Virtual non-calcium dual-energy CT: clinical applications
T2  - European radiology experimental
N2  - Dual-energy CT (DECT) has emerged into clinical routine as an imaging technique with unique postprocessing utilities that improve the evaluation of different body areas. The virtual non-calcium (VNCa) reconstruction algorithm has shown beneficial effects on the depiction of bone marrow pathologies such as bone marrow edema. Its main advantage is the ability to substantially increase the image contrast of structures that are usually covered with calcium mineral, such as calcified vessels or bone marrow, and to depict a large number of traumatic, inflammatory, infiltrative, and degenerative disorders affecting either the spine or the appendicular skeleton. Therefore, VNCa imaging represents another step forward for DECT to image conditions and disorders that usually require the use of more expensive and time-consuming techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography/CT, or bone scintigraphy. The aim of this review article is to explain the technical background of VNCa imaging, showcase its applicability in the different body regions, and provide an updated outlook on the clinical impact of this technique, which goes beyond the sole improvement in image quality.
KW  - Algorithms
KW  - Bone marrow
KW  - Calcium
KW  - Edema
KW  - Tomography (x-ray computed)
Y1  - 2021
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/63605
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-636057
SN  - 2509-9280
N1  - Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.
VL  - 5
IS  - art. 38
SP  - 1
EP  - 13
PB  - Springer International Publishing
CY  - [Cham]
ER  -