From: Efficiency of dual-energy computed tomography enterography in the diagnosis of Crohn’s disease
Group | Objective evaluation parameters | Subjective evaluation parameters | ||||
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CT value | CNR | SNR | Number of vascular branches * | Overall image quality score * | Image sharpness score * | |
40 keV | 1254.75 ± 235.47a | 41.26 ± 14.62a | 21.36 ± 7.14b | 4.17 ± 0.81a | 4.29 ± 0.32b | 4.92 ± 0.28a |
50 keV | 831.33 ± 155.31b | 37.18 ± 13.21a | 21.20 ± 7.11b | 4.14 ± 0.79a | 4.34 ± 0..23b | 4.91 ± 0..23a |
60 keV | 578.83 ± 105.95c | 33.05 ± 12.22a | 21.16 ± 7.29b | 4.11 ± 0.78a | 4.97 ± 0.20a | 4.81 ± 0.23a |
70 keV | 421.19 ± 76.74c | 28.5 ± 10.84b | 20.92 ± 71.17b | 3.38 ± 0.49b | 4.12 ± 0.18b | 4.14 ± 0.35b |
80 keV | 323.64 ± 63.03d | 24.89 ± 9.78bc | 19.03 ± 7.03b | 3.33 ± 0.53b | 4.03 ± 0.17c | 3.98 ± 0.38bc |
90 keV | 249.22 ± 46.48d | 18.45 ± 7.23c | 14.92 ± 6.00c | 2.36 ± 0.48c | 4.06 ± 0.23c | 3.03 ± 0.17c |
120 kVp | 431.81 ± 105.84c | 21.74 ± 7.43c | 26.55 ± 10.15a | 3.36 ± 0.18b | 4.08 ± 0.19bc | 4.03 ± 0.29b |
Z/F value | 235.641 | 200.304 | 163.572 | 7.574 | 7.424 | 7.311 |
P value | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.817 | 0.828 | 0.716 |