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Methods: Consecutive venous DECT scans of the head and neck were reviewed, and unremarkable exams were included (n = 617). A total of 35 region of interest measurements were performed in 16 anatomical regions. Iodine uptake was compared among different organs\/tissues and subgroup analysis was performed (male (n = 403) vs. female (n = 214); young (n = 207) vs. middle-aged (n = 206) vs. old (n = 204); and normal weight (n = 314) vs. overweight (n = 196) vs. obese (n = 107)). Results: Overall mean iodine uptake values ranged between 0.5 and 9.4 mg\/mL. Women showed higher iodine concentrations in the cervical vessels and higher uptake for the parotid gland, masseter muscle, submandibular glands, sublingual glands, palatine tonsils, tongue body, thyroid gland, and the sternocleidomastoid muscle than men (p \u2264 0.04). With increasing age, intravascular iodine concentrations increased as well as iodine uptake for cerebellum and thyroid gland, while values for the tongue and palatine tonsils were lower compared to younger subjects (p \u2264 0.03). Iodine concentrations for parotid glands and sternocleidomastoid muscles decreased with a higher BMI (p \u2264 0.004), while normal-weighted patients showed higher iodine values inside the jugular veins, other cervical glands, and tonsils versus patients with a higher BMI (p \u2264 0.04). Conclusion: physiologic iodine uptake values of cervical organs and tissues show gender-, age-, and BMI-related differences, which should be considered in the clinical routine of head and neck DECT.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics14050496","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,26]],"date-time":"2024-02-26T08:59:01Z","timestamp":1708937941000},"page":"496","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Dual-Energy CT Iodine Uptake of Head and Neck: Definition of Reference Values in a Big Data Cohort"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3894-4782","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ibrahim","family":"Yel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital Frankfurt, Clinic for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2076-5532","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Giuseppe Mauro","family":"Bucolo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Scherwin","family":"Mahmoudi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital Frankfurt, Clinic for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6915-5906","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vitali","family":"Koch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital Frankfurt, Clinic for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Aynur","family":"G\u00f6kduman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital Frankfurt, Clinic for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0004-6378","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tommaso","family":"D\u2032Angelo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Leon David","family":"Gr\u00fcnewald","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital Frankfurt, Clinic for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6905-8556","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mirela","family":"Dimitrova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital Frankfurt, Clinic for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Katrin","family":"Eichler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital Frankfurt, Clinic for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5218-1075","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Thomas J.","family":"Vogl","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital Frankfurt, Clinic for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Christian","family":"Booz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital Frankfurt, Clinic for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"19","DOI":"10.1007\/s40134-017-0213-0","article-title":"Dual-Energy CT in Head and Neck Imaging","volume":"5","author":"Roele","year":"2017","journal-title":"Curr. 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