Trial reportEuropean radiology2013
C-arm CT during hepatic arteriography tumour-to-liver contrast: intraindividual comparison of three different contrast media application protocols.
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- Application of Cone-beam Computed Tomography in Interventional Therapies for Liver Malignancy: A Consensus Statement by the Chinese College of Interventionalists.Journal of clinical and translational hepatology · 2024Article
- Comparison of the effectiveness of celiac versus common hepatic artery injection for the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma and of the feeding artery on cone-beam computed tomographs obtained during hepatic angiography.Acta radiologica open · 2021Article
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- Ultrafast cone-beam computed tomography imaging and postprocessing data during image-guided therapeutic practice.European radiology · 2014Article
- Real-time image guidance in laparoscopic liver surgery: first clinical experience with a guidance system based on intraoperative CT imaging.Surgical endoscopy · 2014Article
- Artifacts caused by insufficient contrast medium filling during C-arm cone-beam CT scans: a phantom study.Radiological physics and technology · 2014Article
- Role of C-arm cone-beam CT in chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma.Korean journal of radiologyReview
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare tumour-to-liver contrast (TLC) of C-arm CT during hepatic arteriography (CACTHA) acquired using three protocols in patients with HCC.
methodsThis prospective study was IRB approved and informed consent was obtained from each patient. Twenty-nine patients (mean age, 68 ± 7 years; 27 men) with 55 HCCs (mean diameter, 2.6 ± 1.5 cm) underwent three different CACTHA protocols in random order before chemoembolisation. Contrast medium (100 mg iodine/ml) was injected into the common hepatic artery (flow rate 4 ml/s). The imaging delay for the start of the CACTHA examination was 4 s (protocol A), 8 s (protocol B) and 12 s (protocol C) (total amount of injected contrast medium: 48 ml, 64 ml, 80 ml). TLC was measured by placing regions of interest (ROIs) in the HCC and liver parenchyma. Mixed model ANOVAs and Bonferroni corrected post hoc tests were used for statistical analysis.
resultsMean values for TLC were 132 ± 3.3 HU, 186 ± 5.8 HU and 168 ± 2.8 HU for protocols A, B and C. Protocol B provided significantly higher TLC than protocols A and C (p < 0.001).
conclusionTLC was significantly higher using an imaging delay of 8 s compared with a delay of 4 or 12 s.
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