Dual-Layer Spectral CT of Pancreas Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Can Virtual Monoenergetic Images of the Portal Venous Phase Be an Alternative to the Pancreatic-Phase Scan?

Yeo Eun Han; Beom Jin Park; Deuk Jae Sung; Min Ju Kim; Na Yeon Han; Ki Choon Sim; Yongwon Cho; Hayeon Kim

doi:10.5334/jbsr.2798

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Dual-Layer Spectral CT of Pancreas Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Can Virtual Monoenergetic Images of the Portal Venous Phase Be an Alternative to the Pancreatic-Phase Scan?

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