Low-contrast-dose protocol in cardiac CT: 20% contrast dose reduction using 100 kVp and high-tube-current-time setting in 256-slice CT.

CONCLUSION: For cardiac CT a voltage setting of 100 kVp and a high-tube-current-time product enable 20% reduction in the contrast dose without affecting the quality of coronary artery images compared with a 120 kVp and standard-contrast-dose CT protocol. PMID: 23969265 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23969265?dopt=Abstract

Source: Acta Radiologica - August 22, 2013 Category: Radiology Authors: Kidoh M, Nakaura T, Nakamura S, Nakamura S, Sakaino N, Harada K, Uemura S, Yamashita Y Tags: Acta Radiol Source Type: research