Related Experiment Videos
Optimal scan delay of arterial phase scanning of hepatic CT using a real-time image reconstruction system
T Shimizu1, T Misaki, K Yamamoto
1Department of Radiology, Osaka Medical College, Japan.
Clinical Imaging
|July 23, 1999
Abstract:
To optimize scan delay of arterial phase scanning of hepatic CT, 30 patients suspected of having HCC were examined using real-time image reconstruction technology (SureStart). In all cases, SureStart was successful. Despite the low dose, these images allowed adequate visualization of the abdominal aorta. The mean delay from the initiation of contrast administration to the beginning of arterial phase scanning was 29.6 +/- 5.2 sec (mean +/- SD; range, 22-51 sec).