Multidetector CT of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Effect of tube voltage and iodine load on tumour conspicuity and image quality.
Eur Radiol
; 26(11): 4021-4029, 2016 Nov.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To compare a low-tube-voltage with or without high-iodine-load multidetector CT (MDCT) protocol with a normal-tube-voltage, normal-iodine-load (standard) protocol in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) with respect to tumour conspicuity and image quality.METHODS:
Thirty consecutive patients (mean age 66 years, men/women 14/16) preoperatively underwent triple-phase 64-channel MDCT examinations twice according to (i) 120-kV standard protocol (PS; 0.75 g iodine (I)/kg body weight, n = 30) and (ii) 80-kV protocol A (PA; 0.75 g I/kg, n = 14) or protocol B (PB; 1 g I/kg, n = 16). Two independent readers evaluated tumour delineation and image quality blindly for all protocols. A third reader estimated the pancreas-to-tumour contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR). Statistical analysis was performed with the Chi-square test.RESULTS:
Tumour delineation was significantly better in PB and PA compared with PS (P = 0.02). The evaluation of image quality was similar for the three protocols (all, P > 0.05). The highest CNR was observed with PB and was significantly better compared to PA (P = 0.02) and PS (P = 0.0002).CONCLUSION:
In patients with PDAC, a low-tube-voltage, high-iodine-load protocol improves tumour delineation and CNR leading to higher tumour conspicuity compared to standard protocol MDCT. KEY POINTS ⢠Low-tube-voltage high-iodine-load MDCT improves pancreatic cancer conspicuity compared to a standard protocol. ⢠The pancreas-to-tumour attenuation difference increases significantly by reducing the tube voltage. ⢠The radiation exposure dose decreases by reducing the tube voltage.Palavras-chave
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Neoplasias Pancreáticas
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Ácidos Tri-Iodobenzoicos
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Iopamidol
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Intensificação de Imagem Radiográfica
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Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático
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Tomografia Computadorizada Multidetectores
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2016
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