Image Quality and Dose Comparison of Single-Energy CT (SECT) and Dual-Energy CT (DECT)

Figure 14

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) and dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) imaging of myocardial infarction. Iodine color map reconstructed from a DECT image demonstrates good agreement when compared with delayed enhancement cMRI of a subject with prior myocardial infarction of the lateral wall. Similar to cMRI, DECT offers the potential to assess myocardial infarction as well as myocardial salvage through the use of pre- and postcontrast techniques [45].