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80KV低剂量在头颈部CT血管成像的初步研究

作者:陈晓君 丁香莲 陈玉芳 洪国斌

所属单位:中山大学附属第五医院放射科 (广东 珠海 519000)

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摘要

目的 探讨“双低”血管成像技术-低千伏、低对比剂用量应用于临床头颈部血管成像的可行性。方法 采用35ml的 低对比剂用量用于头颈部CT血管成像,将20例临床疑似头颈部血管疾病患者随机分为2组,实验组10例采用80KV进 行头颈部血管成像扫描,对照组10例采用常规120KV,两组的对比剂用量均为35ml,注射速率为5ml/s,注射完毕后 同等速率注入生理盐水40ml;均采用自动管电流调节技术(Caredose 4D),迭代算法(SAFIRE)重建,根据原始图像 及最大密度投影像(MIP),比较不同千伏血管强化程度,不同KV下的辐射剂量、脑实质的密度及信号噪声比(SNR)、 对比噪声比(CNR)、噪声等,并对其进行统计学分析。结果 实验组和对照组图像质量评分分别为5.833±0.100和 5.856±0.133,P=0.694>0.05;图像噪声分别为2.261±0.026和2.522±0.031(P=0.000<0.05),噪声明显增加; 辐射剂量分别为412.4±49.2和101.8±11.6,P=0.000<0.05,辐射剂量显著下降。结论 采用“双低”技术进行头 颈部CT血管造影,所得图像能满足影像诊断,且大为减少辐射剂量和对比剂用量,可望用于头颈部CT血管成像筛查 和治疗后复查,值得临床进一步深入研究和推广应用。

Objective To assess the feasibility of the “double- low” CT angiography - low-kilovolt and low contrast agent dose in cerebral and neck angiography. Methods In this study, low contrast agent dose-35ml would be used in cerebral and neck CT angiography. Twenty patients, clinically suspected the insufficiency of head-and-neck artery, were divided into two groups. One group (10 patients)took the conventional tube voltage-120KV,while the other group(10 patients)took the 80KV tube voltage, both the amount of contrast agent were 35ml, and the injection rate was 5ml/s, then injected 40ml saline with the same rate. Both of two groups take auto- Care dose 4D and Safire reconstruction, according to the original images and Maximum intensity projection(MIP), comparing the display of the vessels in cerebral and neck , calculating the radiation dose, and the density, noise, signal-to-noise ratio, contrast-to-noise ratio of the parenchymal with different kilovolts, then take statistical analysis. Results The qualities of the images to both of the groups respectively are 5.833±0.100 and 5.856±0.133, P=0.694>0.05; Noise of the images respectively is 2.261±0.026 and 2.522±0.031,P=0.000<0.05, the noise is markedly increased; The radiation doses are 412.4±49.2 and 101.8±11.6, P=0.000<0.05, the radiation doses are dramatic declined. Conclusion With the use of “double-low” in dual-energy CT in cerebral and neck angiography, not only ensuring the images could be used to the clinical diagnose, but also reducing the radiation dose and the contrast agent dosage; In cerebral and neck angiography, it is hopefully used in the screening and reexamination during therapy, and it is worthy of further study and application.

【关键词】双低剂量;CT血管成像;头颈部血管造影;体层摄影术;双源CT

【中图分类号】R322.1

【文献标识码】A

【DOI】10.3969/j.issn.1009-3257.2016.01.002

前言

CT血管造影(CT angiography,CTA)是一项非创 伤性的血管疾病检查方法,已成为血管疾病协助诊断 和临床筛查的重要手段。CTA图像质量的好坏直接影 响到血管病变诊断的准确性,以往血管检查由于设备 等因素的限制,常采用高KV及大剂量对比剂等方法,虽然图像质量满足诊断需要,但存在许多技术问题 和不良反应,如头臂静脉和锁骨下静脉所致的硬化 束伪影导致动脉开口诊断困难;大剂量高浓度对比剂 引起的造影剂外渗导致骨筋膜室综合症及急慢性肾损 害等。随着计算机硬件的更新,当今医学领域,低剂量的运用已是临床及放射领域发展的必然趋势,并有 众多研究在头颅CT血管成像采取70~80KV、30ml造影 剂的相关研究;本研究在不影响血管图像质量的情况 下,头颈部CTA采用80KV的低千伏、35ml的低对比剂 用量,所得血管图像质量不仅可以满足临床协诊的需 要,同时也大大降低了患者的辐射剂量,且减少了对 比剂的不良反应发生几率。