Lowering radiation exposure in CT angiography using automated tube potential selection and optimized iodine delivery rate

F Schwarz, K Grandl, A Arnoldi… - American Journal of …, 2013 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a radiation
dose reduction strategy for CT angiography by the combination of higher iodine delivery rate …

Aortic dual-energy CT angiography with low contrast medium injection rate

J Liu, PJ Lv, R Wu, YG Zhang, LL Hu… - Journal of X-ray …, 2014 - content.iospress.com
The contrast medium (CM) induced nephropathy required new CT imaging protocol. This
study evaluated the feasibility of low contrast medium (CM) volume and injection flow using …

Evaluation of different keV-settings in dual-energy CT angiography of the aorta using advanced image-based virtual monoenergetic imaging

M Beeres, J Trommer, C Frellesen… - … International Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
To compare quantitative image quality in dual-energy CT angiography (DE-CTA) studies of
the aorta using different virtual monoenergetic imaging (MEI) and advanced image-based …

Substantial iodine volume load reduction in CT angiography with dual-energy imaging: insights from a pilot randomized study

P Carrascosa, C Capunay… - The international journal …, 2014 - Springer
We explored whether dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) can allow a significant
reduction in iodinated contrast volume during computed tomography angiography (CTA) …

Whole-body CT angiography with low tube voltage and low-concentration contrast material to reduce radiation dose and iodine load

M Kanematsu, S Goshima, T Miyoshi… - American Journal of …, 2014 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to prospectively evaluate the contrast
enhancement, vascular depiction, image quality, and radiation dose of low-tube-voltage …

Lower tube voltage reduces contrast material and radiation doses on 16-MDCT aortography

Y Nakayama, K Awai, Y Funama, D Liu… - American Journal of …, 2006 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of our study was to compare aortic CT angiography performed at
a low tube voltage and reduced dose of contrast material with standard-voltage, standard …

[HTML][HTML] Feasibility of low contrast media volume in CT angiography of the aorta

A Seehofnerová, M Kok, C Mihl, D Douwes… - European journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives Using smaller volumes of contrast media (CM) in CT angiography (CTA) is
desirable in terms of cost reduction and prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) …

Evaluation of an iterative model–based reconstruction algorithm for low-tube-voltage (80 kVp) computed tomography angiography

PB Noël, T Köhler, AA Fingerle… - Journal of Medical …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The objective of this study was to investigate the improvement in diagnostic quality of an
iterative model–based reconstruction (IMBR) algorithm for low-tube-voltage (80-kVp) and …

Bolus timing in high-pitch CT angiography of the aorta

M Beeres, M Loch, B Schulz, M Kerl… - European journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the bolus geometry in high-pitch CT angiography (CTA) of the
aorta without ECG synchronisation in comparison to single-source CT. METHODS: Overall …

Thoracoabdominal-aortoiliac multidetector-row CT angiography at 80 and 100 kVp: assessment of image quality and radiation dose

ST Schindera, P Graca, MA Patak… - Investigative …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To compare image quality and radiation dose of thoracoabdominal computed
tomography (CT) angiography at 80 and 100 kVp and to assess the feasibility of reducing …