Usefulness of saline pushing in reduction of contrast material dose in abdominal CT: evaluation of time–density curve for the aorta, portal vein and liver
| Autor: | Isamu Narabayashi, Shushi Yoshikawa, Go Nakai, Masato Tanikake, Fuminari Tatsugami, Mitsuru Matsuki, Yuki Inada |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Male medicine.medical_treatment media_common.quotation_subject Abdominal ct Portal vein Contrast Media Sodium Chloride Drug Administration Schedule medicine.artery medicine Humans Contrast (vision) Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Aorta Abdominal Saline Aged media_common Aorta Portal Vein business.industry Liver Neoplasms General Medicine Middle Aged Iopamidol medicine.anatomical_structure Liver Time density curve Abdomen Female Tomography X-Ray Computed business Nuclear medicine Blood vessel |
| Zdroj: | The British Journal of Radiology. 80:231-234 |
| ISSN: | 1748-880X 0007-1285 |
| DOI: | 10.1259/bjr/60407135 |
| Popis: | The effects of saline pushing after contrast material injection were investigated as well as the possibility for this technique to reduce contrast material doses in liver CT examinations. 52 patients were divided randomly into three groups: 100 ml of contrast material (300 mg I ml(-1)) only (A; n = 19), 100 ml of contrast material pushed with 50 ml of saline solution (B; n = 17), and 85 ml of contrast material pushed with 50 ml of saline solution (C; n = 16). Single-level images were obtained at the level of the main portal vein after the initiation of contrast material injection. There were no significant differences in the mean peak enhancement values (PE) and the mean time to peak enhancement values (TPE) of the aorta between the three groups. The mean PE of the portal vein in group B increased 21 HU over that in group A (p |
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