80-kVp hepatic CT to reduce contrast medium dose in azotemic patients: a feasibility study

80-kV_p hepatic CT to reduce contrast medium dose in azotemic patients: a feasibility study

Acta Radiol. 2020 Apr;61(4):441-449. doi: 10.1177/0284185119866807. Epub 2019 Aug 3.

Fredrik Holmquist¹, Marcus Söderberg^{2

3}, Ulf Nyman⁴, Tobias Fält⁴, Roger Siemund¹, Mats Geijer^{5

6}

¹ Department of Medical Imaging and Physiology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
² Department of Translational Medicine, Medical Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.
³ Radiation Physics, Department of Hematology, Oncology and Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
⁴ Department of Translational Medicine, Division of Medical Radiology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.
⁵ Institute of Clinical Sciences, Department of Radiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁶ Department of Radiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Keywords: Computed tomography; acute kidney injury; contrast media; filtered back-projection; image noise; liver; low tube voltage.