Multidetector CT of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Effect of tube voltage and iodine load on tumour conspicuity and image quality

• Published in: European radiology Vol. 26; no. 11; pp. 4021 - 4029
• Main Authors: Loizou, L., Albiin, N., Leidner, B., Axelsson, E., Fischer, M. A., Grigoriadis, A., Del Chiaro, M., Segersvärd, R., Verbeke, C., Sundin, A., Kartalis, N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.11.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal - diagnostic imaging; Computed Tomography; Contrast Media - pharmacokinetics; Diagnostic Radiology; Female; Hospitals; Humans; Imaging; Internal Medicine; Interventional Radiology; Iodine; Iopamidol - analogs & derivatives; Iopamidol - pharmacokinetics; Male; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Multidetector Computed Tomography - methods; Neuroradiology; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Prospective Studies; Radiation; Radiation Dosage; Radiographic Image Enhancement - methods; Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods; Radiology; Reproducibility of Results; Tomography; Triiodobenzoic Acids - pharmacokinetics; Ultrasound; Sweden; Pancreatic neoplasm; Image enhancement; Contrast media; Radiation dosage; Multidetector computed tomography

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...