A Comparison Between Injection Speed and Iodine Delivery Rate in Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography (CT) for Normal Beagles
| Autor: | Junichiro Shimizu, Miori Kishimoto, Kazutaka Yamada, Kosuke Tateishi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Contrast Media chemistry.chemical_element Computed tomography Iodine Beagle Dogs medicine Animals Contrast (vision) Aorta media_common Cross-Over Studies General Veterinary medicine.diagnostic_test Chemistry business.industry Crossover study Contrast medium Liver metabolism Liver Injections Intravenous Tomography Tomography X-Ray Computed Nuclear medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 70:1027-1030 |
| ISSN: | 1347-7439 0916-7250 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to compare between the injection speed and iodine delivery rate in order to establish a concept for reproducible contrast timing in contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) for small animals. Clinically healthy beagle dogs were administered a nonionic iodinate contrast medium at a dose of 800 mgI/kg; they were divided into 3 groups (n=5, crossover method): in one group, the injection speed was fixed at 1.0 ml/sec, and in the second and third groups, the iodine delivery rate was fixed (the injection durations were 30 and 60 sec, respectively). The variation in scatter of the time to aortic and hepatic peak enhancement in the fixed iodine delivery groups was lower than that in the fixed injection speed group. These results suggest that in contrast-enhanced CT for small animals, the contrast medium should be injected at a fixed iodine delivery rate in order to provide reproducible contrast timing. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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