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Hypervascular liver tumors: low tube voltage, high tube current multi-detector row CT for enhanced detection--phantom study.

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Schindera, ST; Nelson, RC; Mukundan, S; Paulson, EK; Jaffe, TA; Miller, CM; DeLong, DM; Kawaji, K; Yoshizumi, TT; Samei, E
Published in: Radiology
January 2008

PURPOSE: To prospectively evaluate, for the depiction of simulated hypervascular liver lesions in a phantom, the effect of a low tube voltage, high tube current computed tomographic (CT) technique on image noise, contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), lesion conspicuity, and radiation dose. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A custom liver phantom containing 16 cylindric cavities (four cavities each of 3, 5, 8, and 15 mm in diameter) filled with various iodinated solutions to simulate hypervascular liver lesions was scanned with a 64-section multi-detector row CT scanner at 140, 120, 100, and 80 kVp, with corresponding tube current-time product settings at 225, 275, 420, and 675 mAs, respectively. The CNRs for six simulated lesions filled with different iodinated solutions were calculated. A figure of merit (FOM) for each lesion was computed as the ratio of CNR2 to effective dose (ED). Three radiologists independently graded the conspicuity of 16 simulated lesions. An anthropomorphic phantom was scanned to evaluate the ED. Statistical analysis included one-way analysis of variance. RESULTS: Image noise increased by 45% with the 80-kVp protocol compared with the 140-kVp protocol (P < .001). However, the lowest ED and the highest CNR were achieved with the 80-kVp protocol. The FOM results indicated that at a constant ED, a reduction of tube voltage from 140 to 120, 100, and 80 kVp increased the CNR by factors of at least 1.6, 2.4, and 3.6, respectively (P < .001). At a constant CNR, corresponding reductions in ED were by a factor of 2.5, 5.5, and 12.7, respectively (P < .001). The highest lesion conspicuity was achieved with the 80-kVp protocol. CONCLUSION: The CNR of simulated hypervascular liver lesions can be substantially increased and the radiation dose reduced by using an 80-kVp, high tube current CT technique.

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Radiology

DOI

EISSN

1527-1315

Publication Date

January 2008

Volume

246

Issue

1

Start / End Page

125 / 132

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Radiation Dosage
  • Prospective Studies
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Models, Anatomic
  • Liver Neoplasms
  • Electricity
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Schindera, S. T., Nelson, R. C., Mukundan, S., Paulson, E. K., Jaffe, T. A., Miller, C. M., … Samei, E. (2008). Hypervascular liver tumors: low tube voltage, high tube current multi-detector row CT for enhanced detection--phantom study. Radiology, 246(1), 125–132. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2461070307
Schindera, Sebastian T., Rendon C. Nelson, Srinivasan Mukundan, Erik K. Paulson, Tracy A. Jaffe, Chad M. Miller, David M. DeLong, Keigo Kawaji, Terry T. Yoshizumi, and Ehsan Samei. “Hypervascular liver tumors: low tube voltage, high tube current multi-detector row CT for enhanced detection--phantom study.Radiology 246, no. 1 (January 2008): 125–32. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2461070307.
Schindera ST, Nelson RC, Mukundan S, Paulson EK, Jaffe TA, Miller CM, et al. Hypervascular liver tumors: low tube voltage, high tube current multi-detector row CT for enhanced detection--phantom study. Radiology. 2008 Jan;246(1):125–32.
Schindera, Sebastian T., et al. “Hypervascular liver tumors: low tube voltage, high tube current multi-detector row CT for enhanced detection--phantom study.Radiology, vol. 246, no. 1, Jan. 2008, pp. 125–32. Pubmed, doi:10.1148/radiol.2461070307.
Schindera ST, Nelson RC, Mukundan S, Paulson EK, Jaffe TA, Miller CM, DeLong DM, Kawaji K, Yoshizumi TT, Samei E. Hypervascular liver tumors: low tube voltage, high tube current multi-detector row CT for enhanced detection--phantom study. Radiology. 2008 Jan;246(1):125–132.

Published In

Radiology

DOI

EISSN

1527-1315

Publication Date

January 2008

Volume

246

Issue

1

Start / End Page

125 / 132

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Radiation Dosage
  • Prospective Studies
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Models, Anatomic
  • Liver Neoplasms
  • Electricity
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences