Diagnostic value of spectral reconstructions in detecting incidental skeletal muscle metastases in CT staging examinations

Exemplary cases of skeletal muscle metastases in CI, VMI40keV and IDO with correlating MRI/PET-CT. Upper row: Metastasis of the right autochthone back muscle in a patient with malignant melanoma. Lower row: Patient with lung cancer diagnosed with a metastasis of the right quadratus lumborum muscle. Asterix indicates the color scale used in ID