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Fig. 3 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 3

From: Economic impact of spectral body imaging in diagnosis of patients suspected for occult cancer

Fig. 3

a In a patient with proven pancreatic cancer a hypodense lesion (white arrow) is seen in the right lobe of the liver. It shows HU values of 26 and has unsharp edges on the conventional scan. On Z-effective values of 7.39 are seen suggesting water content and there is no iodine uptake found on the iodine overlay (0.1 mg/mL which is below the detection rate). b In a patient with proven lung cancer a lesion (white arrowhead) similar to the one shown in a with HU values of 47 on the conventional series. On the spectral series; however, we find an increase to 84 HU on the low virtual monoenergetic scan suggesting iodine enhancement. This is proven on the iodine density with a measurement of 0.56 mg/mL. It was later proven by biopsy to be a liver metastasis from the primary lung cancer

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