Parathyroid lesions: characterization with dual-phase arterial and venous enhanced CT of the neck

AR Gafton, CM Glastonbury… - American Journal of …, 2012 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
This clinical report describes the enhancement characteristics of hypersecreting parathyroid
lesions on dual-phase neck CT. We retrospectively analyzed the enhancement …

Dynamic CT for parathyroid disease: are multiple phases necessary?

P Raghavan, CR Durst, DA Ornan… - American Journal …, 2014 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: A 4D CT protocol for detection of parathyroid lesions
involves obtaining unenhanced, arterial, early, and delayed venous phase images. The aim …

Dual-energy parathyroid 4D-CT: improved discrimination of parathyroid lesions from thyroid tissue using noncontrast 40-keV virtual monoenergetic images

PM Bunch, AA Pavlina, ME Lipford… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: In parathyroid CT, a noncontrast phase aids discrimination
of parathyroid lesions (not iodine-containing) from thyroid tissue (iodine-containing). When …

Percentage arterial enhancement: an objective index for accurate identification of parathyroid adenoma/hyperplasia in primary hyperparathyroidism

M Goroshi, AR Lila, SS Jadhav… - Clinical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Radiation exposure to neck by four‐dimensional computerized tomography (4
DCT) is relatively high and limits its use as a first‐line investigation in evaluation of primary …

Detection of parathyroid adenomas using a monophasic dual-energy computed tomography acquisition: diagnostic performance and potential radiation dose …

C Leiva-Salinas, L Flors, CR Durst, Q Hou, JT Patrie… - Neuroradiology, 2016 - Springer
Introduction The aims of the study were to compare the diagnostic performance of a
combination of virtual non-contrast (VNC) images and arterial images obtained from a single …

Hyperparathyroidism: CT and MR findings

O Ernst - Journal de Radiologie, 2009 - europepmc.org
3-Phase contrast material enhanced CT provides great sensitivity for accurate localization of
hyperfunctioning parathyroid glands. Density measurements can assist in differentiating …

3-phase dual-energy CT scan as a feasible salvage imaging modality for the identification of non-localizing parathyroid adenomas: a prospective study

M Roskies, X Liu, MP Hier, RJ Payne… - … -Head & Neck …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives Accurate pre-operative imaging of parathyroid adenomas (PAs) is essential for
successful minimally invasive surgery; however, rates of non-localizing PAs can be as high …

Single phase computed tomography is equivalent to dual phase method for localizing hyperfunctioning parathyroid glands in patients with primary …

F Moron, A Delumpa, J Chetta, D Guffey, D Dunaway - PeerJ, 2017 - peerj.com
Objective This study aims to compare the sensitivity of dual phase (non-contrast and arterial)
versus single phase (arterial) CT for detection of hyper-functioning parathyroid glands in …

Parathyroid adenomas and hyperplasia on four-dimensional CT scans: three patterns of enhancement relative to the thyroid gland justify a three-phase protocol

M Bahl, AR Sepahdari, JA Sosa, JK Hoang - Radiology, 2015 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To describe the prevalence of three relative enhancement patterns of parathyroid
lesions on four-dimensional (4D) computed tomographic (CT) scans. Materials and Methods …

Dual energy 4D-CT of parathyroid adenomas not clearly localized by sestamibi scintigraphy and ultrasonography–a retrospective study

M Woisetschläger, O Gimm, K Johansson… - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose At present, the gold standard for diagnosing PAs includes ultrasonography of the
neck and sestamibi scans of the parathyroid. The objective of this study was to evaluate …