Utilisation of Objective and Subjective Image Quality Metrics to Guide Optimal Contrast Volumes for Abdominal CT
Deborah Carrick, Mitchell Ashton, Joshua Bognar, Natalia Diaz, James Rogers, Daniel Serra, Daniel Schick · 2026
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Deborah Carrick and co-authors report a 2026 study on how much contrast dye to give during belly CT scans. Their team compared a fixed dose of 100 millilitres with a dose based on body weight. They matched 90 scans from each group by age, sex, weight, and scan settings. They also measured how bright key organs and blood vessels looked on the images.
Weight-based dosing gave more even brightness across patients of different sizes. Yet even brightness did not always mean images that looked equally good to readers. Lighter patients seemed to need stronger enhancement than heavier patients for the same judged quality. The authors argue that dose plans need more fine tuning beyond weight alone.
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| CREATOR | Deborah Carrick, Mitchell Ashton, Joshua Bognar, Natalia Diaz, James Rogers, Daniel Serra, Daniel Schick |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28025 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |