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Influence of Iodinated Magnetic Resonance Contrast Media and Isotope 99mTc on Changes of Computed Tomography Number
Journal of Magnetics, Volume 20, Number 3, 30 Sep 2015, Pages 302-307
Sang-Beom Kim (Department of Neurology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong), Jin-Hyeok Lee (Department of Radiology, Korea Veterans Hospital), Jae-Ouk Ahn (Department of Medical IT Engineering, Soonchunhyang University), Jae-Hwan Cho * (Department of International Radiological Science, Hallym University of Graduate Studies)
Abstract

The purpose of the study was to identify how isotope and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast media impact on noise to computed tomography (CT) examination. For the study, divide the phantoms to two groups: 1) saline, saline + different kinds of contrast agent without 99mTc administration; 2) 99mTc administration: saline, saline + different kinds of contrast agent with 99mTc administration. CT contrast agent was used for Iopamidol® and Dotarem. And MRI contrast agent was used for Primovist® and Gadovist®. To obtain an image, we used CT scanner. With an obtained image, we set the 1 cm2 region of interest in the middle of bottle to measure the noise and CT number. As a result, there was no difference in CT number before and after inserting 99mTc into all contrast media including Normal Saline. However, when it comes to Noise, there was a difference before and after inserting 99mTc into every contrast media except MRI contrast media such as Primovist® and Gadovist®.


 

Keywords: computed tomography contrast media; magnetic resonance imaging contrast media; 99mTc isotope substance; computed tomography number; noise
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4283/JMAG.2015.20.3.302
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