Fig. 2From: A pilot study using low-dose Spectral CT and ASIR (Adaptive Statistical Iterative Reconstruction) algorithm to diagnose solitary pulmonary nodulesMale, 57 years old. Pulmonary nodule was found in left upper lobe. Tuberculosis in lower left lobe confirmed by postoperative pathological diagnosis a monochromatic image, 70 keV, arterial and venous phase; b arterial phase iodine image, ICAP = 8.43 mg/ml; c venous phase iodine image, ICVP = 8.55 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 1.84, 0.25, 0.17, respectively; f pathologic samples after surgery; g pathological section image (HE dye, ×100)Back to article page