Skornitzke, Stephan
Hirsch, Jessica
Kauczor, Hans-Ulrich
Stiller, Wolfram
Article History
Received: 19 May 2018
Revised: 5 July 2018
Accepted: 6 August 2018
First Online: 11 October 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Dr. Wolfram Stiller.
: The authors of this manuscript declare relationships with the following companies: Hans-Ulrich Kauczor is the recipient of a research grant from Siemens Healthineers.Otherwise, the remaining authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: Two of the authors have significant statistical expertise:Dr. Jessica Hirsch (CHRESTOS Institute, Dortmund, Germany) and Dr. Stephan Skornitzke (Heidelberg University Hospital, Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology [DIR], Heidelberg, Germany) have significant statistical expertise and jointly performed the statistical evaluation for this study.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: Some study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported in:Skornitzke S, Fritz F, Mayer P, Koell M, Hansen J, Pahn G, Hackert T, Kauczor HU, Stiller W. “Dual-energy CT iodine maps as an alternative quantitative imaging biomarker to abdominal CT perfusion: determination of appropriate trigger delays for acquisition using bolus tracking.” <i>Br J Radiol</i> 2018; 91: 20170351. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20170351.
: • not applicable/retrospective• experimental• performed at one institution