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Figure 3

From: The feasibility of deep learning-based synthetic contrast-enhanced CT from nonenhanced CT in emergency department patients with acute abdominal pain

Figure 3

A 65-year-old female patient who visited the ED complaining of abdominal pain and fever. CT images show intrahepatic duct stones (arrowhead) with dilated upstream bile ducts. The contrast among the liver parenchyma, fluid within the dilated bile duct, and stones within the bile duct are more evident in DL-SCE-CT than in NECT. The patient was admitted for management of obstructive cholangiohepatitis. In this case, 100.0% (6/6) and 83.3% (5/6) of radiologists made the correct diagnoses and disposition decisions (intrahepatic duct stones with biliary obstruction, admission for medical management), regardless of DL-SCE-CT. However, both radiologists’ confidence in the diagnosis and disposition decisions improved from 3.83 to 4.00 and 4.17 to 4.50, respectively, with the aid of DL-SCE-CT.

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