Abdominal Computed Tomography Angiography at 80kV: feasibility study.
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Abstract
PURPOSE: preliminary evaluation of different dose reduction algorithms in abdominal Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) with standard scan protocols at 120kV vs. 80kV. MATERIALS AND METHODS: prospective, randomized, crossover study. 60 consecutive patients who underwent CTA of the abdomen (Sensation 64, Siemens; Iomeprol 400 mgl/ml Bracco) for suspected or diagnosed Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) were enrolled in the study. A standard 120kV/200mAs scan protocol was acquired in all patients (reference tube current modulated with Automatic Exposure Control). In each patient a second scan with 80kV/300mAs (Group 1; n. 20), 80kV/400mAs (Group 2; n. 20), 80kV/500mAs (Group 3; n. 20) was acquired. We used the same scan/reconstruction parameters with the same amount and kind of contrast medium. The radiation dose, the aortic attenuation values, the noise and the signal/noise ratio (S/N) were evaluated. RESULTS: the mean dose was 9.7±2.7mSv for 120kV (all patients), 3.6±0.8mSv in Group1 (80kV), 5.0±0.6mSv in Group 2 (80kV) and 5.9±1.2mSv in Group 3 (80kV), respectively. The aortic attenuation was 350±59HU (120kV) vs. 534±100HU (80kV), 12±3.5 (120kV) vs. 8.8±3.6 (80kV) for the whole population. Aortic attenuation and S/N were: 328±40HU (120kV) vs. 494±61HU (80kV), 11±2 (120kV) vs. 7±2 (80kV) in Group1; 353±77HU (120kV) vs. 551±117HU (80kV), 11±2.8HU (120kV) vs. 8.4±2.6 (80kV) in Group 2; 389±55HU (120kV) vs. 598±117HU (80kV), 15±5 (120kV) vs. 12±5 (80kV) in Group 3, respectively (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: in abdominal CTA, the 80kV/400mAs scan protocol allows a radiation dose reduction of 50% without a significant reduction of S/N ratio.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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