16-row multidetector CT angiography of the aortoiliac system and lower extremity arteries: contrast enhancement and image quality using a standarized examination protocol

To assess the degree of enhancement and image quality of 16-slice multidetector CT angiography (MDCTA) of pelvic and lower limb arteries with a monophasic contrast medium injection protocol. Fifty patients underwent a CT angiography of the pelvic and lower limb arteries using the following parameter...

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Veröffentlicht in:RöFo : Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebende Verfahren 2005-11, Vol.177 (11), p.1562-1570
Hauptverfasser: Meyer, B C, Ribbe, C, Kruschewski, M, Wolf, K-J, Albrecht, T
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Zusammenfassung:To assess the degree of enhancement and image quality of 16-slice multidetector CT angiography (MDCTA) of pelvic and lower limb arteries with a monophasic contrast medium injection protocol. Fifty patients underwent a CT angiography of the pelvic and lower limb arteries using the following parameters: collimation 16 x 1.5 mm, rotation time 0.5 s, table feed 40 mm/sec, slice thickness 2 mm, reconstruction interval 1.2 mm, 100 ml Iomeprol 400 + 60 ml normal saline, flow rate 4 ml/s, bolus tracking (threshold of 250 DeltaHU in aorta). Arterial enhancement was measured in all arterial segments. Maximum intensity projections (MIP) together with axial images were reviewed by two radiologists (consensus). If the results were inconclusive for stenosis, additional curved multiplanar reformations (MPR) were performed. The mean arterial enhancement values were aorta: 314 +/- 69, pelvis: 342 +/- 105, thigh: 347 +/- 139, calf: 231 +/- 109 DeltaHU. The image quality was judged as excellent in 346 (77.6 %), adequate in 76 (17 %), and inadequate in 24 (5.4 %, all but one in calf and foot) of 446 arterial territories. An override of the contrast bolus below the knee occurred in 2 patients rendering the calf arteries nondiagnostic. Venous enhancement occurred in 13 patients but this compromised the diagnostic assessment in only one case. Additional MPRs were required accurately to assess stenoses in 22 of 200 arterial levels in 16 patients with marked arterial calcifications. 16-slice MDCTA with a monophasic contrast bolus of Iomeprol 400 provided good arterial enhancement and diagnostic image quality in 94.6 % of the depicted arterial segments. The majority (67 %) of nondiagnostic segments were below the ankle. MPRs were required in patients with marked calcification for accurate assessment of stenosis.
ISSN:1438-9029
DOI:10.1055/s-2005-858486