Lower Radiation Dosing in Cardiac CT Angiography: The CONVERGE Registry

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
Paul MadajMatthew Budoff

Abstract

Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Tools have been developed to accurately diagnose and evaluate coronary artery disease. Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) provides detailed imaging to deliver precise analysis and prognostic information. We sought to compare the radiation dose from a 256-detector-row CT scanner with that from a 64-detector-row CT scanner across a similar profile of patients. Methods: Consecutive patients were screened for the Converge Registry study and, after consenting to be included, were enrolled in accordance with an Institutional Review Board-approved protocol. A control group who underwent 64-row CCTA were matched by age, sex, and body mass index (BMI) with a group who underwent 256-row CCTA. Results: We compared 110 patients in each group. We found that mean dose-length product (DLP) was significantly lower in the 256-row group than in the 64-row group (P < 0.05). The radiation dose was reduced by 32% with use of the 256-row scanner for BMIs of 18.5-24.9 (DLP, 111.2 vs. 76.1 mGy-cm [1.56 vs. 1.07 mSv]; P < 0.05). For each BMI subgroup, there was a significant decrease in dose. Regression analysis found that with increasing BMIs, DLP significantly increased for both sca...Continue Reading

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