Use of high concentration contrast media: principles and rationale-vascular district

¹Department of Angiography and Interventional Radiology, University of Vienna, AKH, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090, Vienna, Austria. dominik.fleischmann@univie.ac.at.edu

|February 25, 2003

Abstract:

Optimal contrast medium delivery remains a crucial issue in CT angiography and it will become even more critical with continuously evolving, faster CT scanner technology. This review article first explains the fundamentals of arterial enhancement using mathematical models of early contrast medium dynamics. The relationship of contrast medium volume, injection flow rates and injection duration are explicitly illustrated. Next, current techniques of contrast medium application are reviewed, with particular attention to methods of accurate timing of the scanning delay (test-bolus and automated bolus triggering), tools for automated saline-flushing of the veins (double-syringe power injectors) and the use of high-concentration contrast medium. From there, rational CT angiographic injection protocols for a wide range of selectable acquisition times for 4-, 8- and 16-channel MDCT are proposed.

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