Case history 81-year-old male presented for follow-up exam to indicate convalescence progress. 6 weeks before, he had been delivered for coiling and stent implantation due to ruptured aneurysm. He had complained about pain in the lower abdominal region. A day after the stent implantation a type II endoleakage had appeared. 4 … Read more

Objective: In supraaortic vessels, bone subtracted maximum intensity projections make the evaluation of computed tomographic angiography (CTA) datasets easier and faster. Dual energy CT can be used for bone removal without user interaction. The purpose of this study was to compare the results of conventional and dual energy-based bone removal. Materials … Read more

Purpose: To assess the diagnostic performance of dual-energy dual-source computed tomography (CT) in the detection of endoleaks after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair. Materials and Methods: This study was local ethics board approved, and written informed consent was obtained from all patients. One hundred eighteen patients (21 women, 97 men; mean age, … Read more

The following abstract was presented during the 89th German Congress of Roentgenology in Berlin (May 2008, 20th – 23th) Purpose: Dual energy CT allows automatic removal of calcified plaques from vessel lumen based on different absorption properties of calcium and iodine. The purpose of this phantom study was to evaluate the … Read more

Case history Five years following quadruple CABG surgery, this 64-year-old patient started experiencing atypical chest pain. Question Are any of the bypass grafts or anastomoses stenotic or occluded? Is there an extra-cardiac cause behind the patient‘s symptoms? Diagnosis/Differential diagnosis Acute graft thrombosis, myocardial infarction, myocardial ischemia due to graft stenosis, aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism, pericarditis, … Read more

Case history 80-year-old male presented with suspicion of abdominal aortic aneurysm after a pulsating tumor was palpable in his abdomen during a routine examination. Question To exclude a malignant tumor in the abdomen and to evaluate a potential aortic aneurysm. Diagnosis / Differential diagnosis The first differential diagnosis of … Read more

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