scholarly journals Comparison on radiation effective dose and image quality of right coronary artery on prospective ECG‐gated method between 320 row CT and 2nd generation (128‐slice) dual source CT

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 256-262
Author(s):  
Ren‐Feng Li ◽  
Chang‐Long Hou ◽  
Huang Zhou ◽  
Yan‐Shan Dai ◽  
Li‐Qin Jin ◽  
...  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Forbrig ◽  
Michael Ingrisch ◽  
Robert Stahl ◽  
Katharina Stella Winter ◽  
Maximilian Reiser ◽  
...  

Abstract In this third-generation dual-source CT (DSCT) study, we retrospectively investigated radiation dose and image quality of portal-venous high-pitch emergency CT in 60 patients (28 female, mean age 56 years) with a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m2. Patients were dichotomized in groups A (median BMI 31.5 kg/m2; n = 33) and B (36.8 kg/m2; n = 27). Volumetric CT dose index (CTDIvol), size-specific dose estimate (SSDE), dose length product (DLP) and effective dose (ED) were assessed. Contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) and dose-independent figure-of-merit (FOM) CNR were calculated. Subjective image quality was assessed using a five-point scale. Mean values of CTDIvol, SSDE as well as normalized DLP and ED were 7.6 ± 1.8 mGy, 8.0 ± 1.8 mGy, 304 ± 74 mGy * cm and 5.2 ± 1.3 mSv for group A, and 12.6 ± 3.7 mGy, 11.0 ± 2.6 mGy, 521 ± 157 mGy * cm and 8.9 ± 2.7 mSv for group B (p < 0.001). CNR of the liver and spleen as well as each calculated FOM CNR were significantly higher in group A (p < 0.001). Subjective image quality was good in both groups. In conclusion, third-generation abdominal high-pitch emergency DSCT yields good image quality in obese patients. Radiation dose increases in patients with a BMI > 36.8 kg/m2.


2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 2712-2721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Waleed Abdellatif ◽  
Eric Esslinger ◽  
Kevin Kobes ◽  
Amanda Wong ◽  
Jennifer Powell ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Saba ◽  
Michele di Martino ◽  
Paolo Siotto ◽  
Michele Anzidei ◽  
Giovanni Maria Argiolas ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 642-650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian L. Wichmann ◽  
Andrew D. Hardie ◽  
U. Joseph Schoepf ◽  
Lloyd M. Felmly ◽  
Jonathan D. Perry ◽  
...  

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