Detection of Bone Marrow Edema in Nondisplaced Hip Fractures: Utility of a Virtual Noncalcium Dual-Energy CT Application

The results of this study illustrate that, when virtual noncalcium images are used in conjunction with CT bone reconstructions, sensitivity (95% and 100% [21 and 22 of 22 patients, respectively]) and specificity (99% and 100% [95 and 96 of 96 patients, respectively]) is high and diagnostic confidence in the exclusion of an acute hip fracture is improved over that with CT bone reconstruction alone.