Optimizing Contrast Media Injection Protocols in Computed Tomography Angiography at Different Tube Voltages: Evaluation in a Circulation Phantom

Damiano Caruso,Marwen Eid,U. Joseph Schoepf,Domenico De Santis,Akos Varga-Szemes,Stefanie Mangold,Christian Canstein,Virginia W. Lesslie,Stephen R. Fuller,B. Devon Ball,Andrea Laghi,Carlo N. De Cecco

Optimizing Contrast Media Injection Protocols in Computed Tomography Angiography at Different Tube Voltages: Evaluation in a Circulation Phantom

2017

Damiano Caruso
Marwen Eid
U. Joseph Schoepf
Domenico De Santis
Akos Varga-Szemes
Stefanie Mangold
Christian Canstein
Virginia W. Lesslie
Stephen R. Fuller
B. Devon Ball
Andrea Laghi
Carlo N. De Cecco

ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to investigate the minimum iodine delivery rate (IDR) and contrast media (CM) volume required for diagnostic contrast enhancement of 350 HU (Hounsfield units) in the ascending aorta at different kV settings.MethodsDynamic computed tomography acquisitions from 70 t

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Radiology
Computed tomography angiography
Imaging phantom
Nuclear medicine
Medicine
contrast enhancement
Voltage
Hounsfield scale
Computed tomography
Ascending aorta

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