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A dual-source DECT was performed for primary staging of histologically proven endometrioid adenocarcinoma in 21 women (66.8 \u00b1 12.0 years). In addition to iodine maps, VMIs at 40, 50, 60, 70, and 80 keV were reconstructed from polyenergetic images (PEIs). Objective analysis comprised the measurement of tumor contrast, contrast-to-noise ratio, and normalized iodine concentration (NIC). In addition, three radiologists independently rated tumor conspicuity. The highest tumor contrast (106.6 \u00b1 45.0 HU) and contrast-to-noise ratio (4.4 \u00b1 2.0) was established for VMIs at 40 keV. Tumor contrast in all VMIs \u2264 60 keV was higher than in PEIs (p &lt; 0.001). The NIC of malignant tissue measured in iodine maps was substantially lower compared with a healthy myometrium (0.3 \u00b1 0.1 versus 0.6 \u00b1 0.1 mg\/mL; p &lt; 0.001). Tumor conspicuity was highest in 40 keV datasets, whereas no difference was found among PEIs and VMIs at 60 and 70 keV (p \u2265 0.334). Interobserver agreement was good, indicated by an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.824 (0.772\u20130.876; p &lt; 0.001). In conclusion, computation of VMIs at 40 keV and color-coded iodine maps aids the assessment of endometroid adenocarcinoma in primary staging.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/cancers16061229","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,20]],"date-time":"2024-03-20T13:09:36Z","timestamp":1710940176000},"page":"1229","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Preliminary Experience with Virtual Monoenergetic Imaging and Iodine Mapping in the Primary Staging of Endometrial Cancer"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2754-9365","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Stephanie Tina","family":"Sauer","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital W\u00fcrzburg, Oberd\u00fcrrbacher Stra\u00dfe 6, 97080 W\u00fcrzburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2784-3257","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Henner","family":"Huflage","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital W\u00fcrzburg, Oberd\u00fcrrbacher Stra\u00dfe 6, 97080 W\u00fcrzburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sara Aniki","family":"Christner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital W\u00fcrzburg, Oberd\u00fcrrbacher Stra\u00dfe 6, 97080 W\u00fcrzburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6169-1552","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Theresa Sophie","family":"Patzer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital W\u00fcrzburg, Oberd\u00fcrrbacher Stra\u00dfe 6, 97080 W\u00fcrzburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Matthias","family":"Kiesel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital W\u00fcrzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 4, 97080 W\u00fcrzburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anne","family":"Quenzer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital W\u00fcrzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 4, 97080 W\u00fcrzburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andreas Steven","family":"Kunz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital W\u00fcrzburg, Oberd\u00fcrrbacher Stra\u00dfe 6, 97080 W\u00fcrzburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Thorsten Alexander","family":"Bley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital W\u00fcrzburg, Oberd\u00fcrrbacher Stra\u00dfe 6, 97080 W\u00fcrzburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4524-1620","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jan-Peter","family":"Grunz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital W\u00fcrzburg, Oberd\u00fcrrbacher Stra\u00dfe 6, 97080 W\u00fcrzburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"7","DOI":"10.3322\/caac.21708","article-title":"Cancer statistics, 2022","volume":"72","author":"Siegel","year":"2022","journal-title":"CA Cancer J. 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