title: Dual-energy CT: vascular applications.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Dual-energy CT permits a variety of image reconstructions for the depiction and characterization of vascular disease. Techniques include visualization of low- and high-peak-kilovoltage spectra image datasets and also material-specific reconstructions combining both low- and high-peak-kilovoltage data.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This article focuses on four main vascular areas: the aorta, the major visceral, lower limb, and cervical arteries. For each territory, the current status, potential advantages, and limitations of these techniques are described.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, St. James' Wing, St George's Hospital London, Blackshaw Rd., London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vlahos
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Arjun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morgan
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D015900:Radiography, Dual-Energy Scanned Projection / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*