Abdominal CT: a radiologist-driven adjustment of the dose of iodinated contrast agent approaches a calculation per lean body weight.
Moreno ZanardoFabio Martino DoniselliAnastassia EsseridouStefania TritellaChiara MattiuzLaura MenicagliGiovanni Di LeoFrancesco SardanelliPublished in: European radiology experimental (2018)
The injected CA dose was highly variable, with obese patients receiving a lower dose than underweight patients, as a radiologist-driven 'compensation effect'. Diagnostic abdomen CT examinations may be obtained using 0.63 gI/kg of LBW.
Keyphrases
- body weight
- contrast enhanced
- end stage renal disease
- computed tomography
- newly diagnosed
- image quality
- dual energy
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- adipose tissue
- metabolic syndrome
- magnetic resonance
- magnetic resonance imaging
- prognostic factors
- positron emission tomography
- peritoneal dialysis
- bariatric surgery
- body composition
- obese patients
- pet ct
- patient reported