Renal Cyst Pseudoenhancement: Evaluation with an Anthropomorphic Body CT Phantom

Abstract

Pseudoenhancement is maximal when small (< or = 1.5-cm) intrarenal cysts are scanned during maximal levels of renal parenchymal enhancement. The magnitude of this effect varies with scanner type but may be large enough to prevent accurate lesion characterization, despite use of a thin-section helical CT data acquisition technique.