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 | noise* | Overall imaging quality score * | Imaging sharpness score * | |
40 keV | 149.44 ± 45.86a | 3.18 ± 1.71a | 5.08 ± 2.77a | 4.76 ± 0.38a | 4.57 ± 0.26b | 4.91 ± 0.37a |
50 keV | 108.24 ± 31.03b | 2.91 ± 1.45a | 5.06 ± 2.54a | 4.53 ± 0.71a | 4.64 ± 0.23b | 4.84 ± 0..53a |
60 keV | 83.24 ± 22.45b | 2.74 ± 1.24a | 4.93 ± 2.46a | 4.38 ± 0.59a | 4.91 ± 0.61a | 4.27 ± 0.97a |
70 keV | 67.79 ± 17.47c | 2.54 ± 1.14b | 4.83 ± 2.14b | 4.11 ± 0.78b | 4.51 ± 0.37b | 4.12 ± 0.68b |
80 keV | 57.59 ± 14.18cd | 1.89 ± 1.05c | 4.73 ± 2.17b | 3.36 ± 0.85c | 3.88 ± 0.28c | 3.43 ± 0.27c |
90 keV | 51.15 ± 12.22d | 1.52 ± 0.95c | 4.52 ± 1.49c | 3.17 ± 0.41c | 3.73 ± 0.37c | 3.06 ± 0.23c |
120 kVp | 61.18 ± 14.94c | 2.74 ± 1.33b | 4.55 ± 1.15c | 3.96 ± 0.48b | 4.13 ± 0.33b | 4.28 ± 0.29a |
Z/F value | 185.041 | 98.104 | 82.172 | 5.164 | 5.221 | 5.111 |
P value | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.627 | 0.618 | 0.726 |