Diagnostic performance and image quality of low-tube voltage and low-contrast medium dose protocol with hybrid iterative reconstruction for hepatic dynamic CT.
Shintaro IchikawaUtaroh MotosugiTatsuya ShimizuMarie Luise KromreyYoshihito AikawaDaiki TamadaHiroshi OnishiPublished in: The British journal of radiology (2021)
The 80- and 120-kVp protocols showed equivalent hepatic lesion detectability, diagnostic ability for HCC, image quality, and HCC-to-liver contrast.The 80-kVp protocol showed a 38.3% reduction in iodine dose compared with the 120-kVp protocol.