An Individualized Contrast-Enhanced Liver Computed Tomography Imaging Protocol Based on Body Mass Index in 126 Patients Seen for Liver Cirrhosis

Jian Jiang; Maowei Zhang; Yuan Ji; Chunfeng Li; Xin Fang; Shuyuan Zhang; Wei Wang; Lijun Wang; Ailian Liu

doi:10.12659/MSM.932109

24 June 2021 : Clinical Research

An Individualized Contrast-Enhanced Liver Computed Tomography Imaging Protocol Based on Body Mass Index in 126 Patients Seen for Liver Cirrhosis

Jian Jiang^1ABCEG, Maowei Zhang^1BD, Yuan Ji^1BCDF, Chunfeng Li^1CD, Xin Fang^1BF, Shuyuan Zhang^1B, Wei Wang^2CF, Lijun Wang^1EF, Ailian Liu^1ACEF*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.932109

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e932109

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Table 5 Qualitative image assessment for the 3 multiphasic liver CT protocols in the late arterial phase.

Characteristic	Group A	Group B	Group C	P value	K value for A	K value for B	K value for C
Image noise	3.55±0.51	3.79±0.49	4.10±0.55	<.0001	0.569	0.601	0.748
Vessel sharpness	4.66±0.55	4.31±0.60	4.03±0.71	0.001	0.542	0.569	0.533
Beam-hardening artifact	3.28±0.75	3.48±0.57	3.56±0.50	0.301	0.528	0.838	0.528
Reconstruction artifact	3.76±0.44	3.76±0.43	3.74±0.44	0.984	0.685	0.685	0.816
Overall image quality	4.45±0.69	4.62±0.52	4.67±0.53	0.383	0.647	0.722	0.639
Unless otherwise specified, data are means±standard deviations.

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