Split-bolus contrast injection protocol enhances the visualization of the thoracic vasculature and reduced radiation dose during chest CT

The British Journal of Radiology
Salah Zein-El-DineCharbel Saade

Abstract

To investigate the visualization of mediastinal lymph nodes during thoracic CT employing a multiphasic contrast media (CM) protocol. Institutional review board approved retrospective study consisting of 300 patients with known chest malignancy. Patients were allocated to one of two CM protocols: Protocol A, consisted of dual bolus (Phase 1:100 ml CM followed by 100 ml saline chaser) i.v. injected at 2.5 ml s-1; Protocol B employed 100 ml of CM using a multiphasic injection protocol (Phase 1 and 2:60 ml contrast and saline, followed by Phase 3 and 4:40 ml contrast and saline injected at 2.5 ml s-1) with a fixed scan delay of 70 s for each acquisition. Attenuation profiles of the thoracic arteries and veins were calculated as well as the arterio-venous contrast ratios (AVCR). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC), visual grading characteristic (VGC), and Cohen's kappa analysis were assessed. Arterial opacification was up to 24% (p < 0.032) higher in protocol B than A, whereas, in the veins it was significantly lower in protocol B than A, with a maximum reduction of up to 84% (p < 0.0001). There was no statistical significance between the central and peripheral pulmonary arteries [>263 Hounsfield units (HU)] in each protocol. Pr...Continue Reading

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