A personalized and optimal approach for dosing contrast material at coronary computed tomography angiography

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2009:2009:3521-4. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334533.

Abstract

A method for constructing a personalized contrast medium protocol at contrast enhanced, Coronary CT Angiography (CCTA) is presented. A one compartment pharmacokinetic model is parameterized and identified with a minimal data set from a test-bolus injection. A direct-search optimization is performed to construct a protocol that achieves target enhancement in the cardiac structures. Clinical results demonstrating the method's ability to achieve prospectively chosen image enhancement levels while reducing contrast medium dose are presented.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Angiography / methods*
  • Aorta / pathology
  • Contrast Media / pharmacology*
  • Coronary Angiography / instrumentation*
  • Coronary Angiography / methods
  • Heart / physiology
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Iodine / pharmacokinetics
  • Models, Statistical
  • Pharmacokinetics
  • Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods
  • Technology, Pharmaceutical / methods
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*

Substances

  • Contrast Media
  • Iodine