Image quality and radiation dose of low-tube-voltage CT with reduced contrast media for right adrenal vein imaging

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8822803	European Journal of Radiology	2018	8 Pages	PDF

Abstract

80-kV scans with 360 mgI/kg contrast media showed comparable detectability of RAV to conventional scans, while reducing 19% of SSDE.

Keywords

CNR right adrenal vein SSDE CTDIVOL CI-AKI DLP RAG RAV Hyperaldosteronism MDCT AVs SNR ROI FBP contrast-induced acute kidney injury Iterative reconstruction size-specific dose estimate Multidetector computed tomography Contrast media Filtered back projection Dose-length product Adrenal glands region of interest Signal-to-noise ratio Contrast-to-noise ratio Adrenal vein sampling

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Image quality and radiation dose of low-tube-voltage CT with reduced contrast media for right adrenal vein imaging

Authors

Yuki Takahashi, Hideki Ota, Kensuke Omura, Yutaka Dendo, Katharina Otani, Tomonori Matsuura, Masahiro Kitami, Kazumasa Seiji, Yuta Tezuka, Masahiro Nezu, Yoshikiyo Ono, Ryo Morimoto, Fumitoshi Satoh, Kei Takase,