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<jats:title>Purpose</jats:title>
<jats:p>To investigate the value of photon-counting detector CT (PCD-CT) derived virtual non-contrast (VNC) reconstructions to identify renal cysts in comparison with conventional dual-energy integrating detector (DE EID) CT-derived VNC reconstructions.</jats:p>
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<jats:title>Material and methods</jats:title>
<jats:p>We prospectively enrolled consecutive patients with simple renal cysts (Bosniak classification—Version 2019, density ≤ 20 HU and/or enhancement ≤ 20 HU) who underwent multiphase (non-contrast, arterial, portal venous phase) PCD-CT and for whom non-contrast and portal venous phase DE EID-CT was available. Subsequently, VNC reconstructions were calculated for all contrast phases and density as well as contrast enhancement within the cysts were measured and compared. MRI and/or ultrasound served as reference standards for lesion classification.</jats:p>
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<jats:title>Results</jats:title>
<jats:p>19 patients (1 cyst per patient; age 69.5 ± 10.7 years; 17 [89.5%] male) were included. Density measurements on PCD-CT non-contrast and VNC reconstructions (arterial and portal venous phase) revealed no significant effect on HU values (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> = 0.301). In contrast, a significant difference between non-contrast vs. VNC images was found for DE EID-CT (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> = 0.02). For PCD-CT, enhancement for VNC reconstructions was < 20 HU for all evaluated cysts. DE EID-CT measurements revealed an enhancement of > 20 HU in five lesions (26.3%) using the VNC reconstructions, which was not seen with the non-contrast images.</jats:p>
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<jats:title>Conclusion</jats:title>
<jats:p>PCD-CT-derived VNC images allow for reliable and accurate characterization of simple cystic renal lesions similar to non-contrast scans whereas VNC images calculated from DE EID-CT resulted in substantial false characterization. Thus, PCD-CT-derived VNC images may substitute for non-contrast images and reduce radiation dose and follow-up imaging.</jats:p>
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