Fig. 1From: A pilot study using low-dose Spectral CT and ASIR (Adaptive Statistical Iterative Reconstruction) algorithm to diagnose solitary pulmonary nodulesMale, 47 years old. Space occupying lesion was found in the right upper lobe. Middle differentiation squamous cell carcinomas, confirmed by the postoperative pathological diagnosis. a monochromatic image, 70 keV, arterial and venous phase; b arterial phase iodine image, ICAP = 13.28 mg/ml; c venous phase iodine image, ICVP = 18.1 mg/ml; d arterial phase spectral energy curve; e venous phase spectral energy curve, the slope of 40–70, 70–100 and 100–140 keV are 3.72, 0.66, 0.36, respectively; f pathologic samples after surgery; g pathological section image (HE dye, ×400)Back to article page