Single-Pass Split-Bolus Whole-Body Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography Protocol for Trauma Patients

Preoperative Assessment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Split-Bolus Combined Phase Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of a split-bolus combined phase contrast-enhanced computed tomography protocol in evaluation of liver vasculature in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients for the purpose of surgery guidance. MATERIAL AND METHODS Two groups of patients were recruited for the study: 24 consecutive cases of HCC who underwent multiphasic CT exam...

Association between a single-pass whole-body computed tomography policy and survival after blunt major trauma: a retrospective cohort study

INTRODUCTION Single-pass, whole-body computed tomography (pan-scan) remains a controversial intervention in the early assessment of patients with major trauma. We hypothesized that a liberal pan-scan policy is mainly an indicator of enhanced process quality of emergency care that may lead to improved survival regardless of the actual use of the method. METHODS This retrospective cohort study ...

Contrast Enhanced Computed Tomography

Split-Bolus Single-Pass Multidetector-Row CT Protocol for Diagnosis of Acute Pulmonary Embolism

BACKGROUND Currently computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) has become a widely accepted clinical tool in the diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism (PE). OBJECTIVES To report split-bolus single-pass 64-multidetector-row CT (MDCT) protocol for diagnosis of PE. PATIENTS AND METHODS MDCT split-bolus results in 40 patients suspicious of PE were analyzed in terms of image quality of ta...

split-bolus multidetector-row computed tomography technique for characterization of focal liver lesions in oncologic patients

conclusion the designed split-bolus mdct technique can be proposed alternatively to triphasic mdct and in a single-pass to pvp in the initial staging and in the follow-up respectively in oncologic patients. patients and methods we retrospectively analyzed the follow-up split-bolus 64-detector row ct protocol in 36 oncologic patients to characterize focal liver lesions. the split-bolus mdct prot...