We evaluated whether donor computed tomography (CT) with a combined technique of lower tube voltage and iterative reconstruction (IR) can provide sufficient preoperative information for liver transplantation.We retrospectively reviewed CT of 113 liver donor candidates. Dynamic contrast-enhanced CT of the liver was performed on the following protocol: protocol A (n = 70), 120-kVp with filtered back projection (FBP); protocol B (n = 43), 100-kVp with IR. To equalize the background covariates, one-to-one propensity-matched analysis was used. We visually compared the score of the hepatic artery (A-score), portal vein (P-score), and hepatic vein (V-score) of the 2 protocols and quantitatively correlated the graft volume obtained by CT volumetry (graft-CTv) under the 2 protocols with the actual graft weight.In total, 39 protocol-A and protocol-B candidates showed comparable preoperative clinical characteristics with propensity matching. For protocols A and B, the A-score was 3.87 ± 0.73 and 4.51 ± 0.56 (P < .01), the P-score was 4.92 ± 0.27 and 5.0 ± 0.0 (P = .07), and the V-score was 4.23 ± 0.78 and 4.82 ± 0.39 (P < .01), respectively. Correlations between the actual graft weight and graft-CTv of protocols A and B were 0.97 and 0.96, respectively.Liver-donor CT imaging under 100-kVp plus IR protocol provides better visualization for vascular structures than that under 120-kVp plus FBP protocol with comparable accuracy for graft-CTv, while lowering radiation exposure by more than 40% and reducing contrast-medium dose by 20%.

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我们评估了供体计算机断层扫描 (CT) 与较低管电压和迭代重建 (IR) 相结合的技术是否能为肝移植提供足够的术前信息。我们回顾性回顾了113个供体候选者的CT。在以下方案下进行肝脏动态对比增强CT: 方案A (n   =   70),120-kVp与滤波反投影 (FBP); 方案B (n   =   43),100-kVp与IR。为了使背景协变量相等,使用了一对一的倾向匹配分析。我们目视比较了肝动脉 (A-score) 、门静脉 (P-score) 、和2种方案的肝静脉 (V-score),并将2种方案下CT体积 (移植物-CTv) 获得的移植物体积与实际移植物重量定量相关。总共有39种方案-A和方案-B候选方案显示出具有可比性的术前临床特征和倾向匹配。方案A和方案B的A-得分为3.87   ±   0.73和4.51   ±   0.56 (P  < .01),P-得分为4.92   ±   0.27和5.0   ±   0.0 (P   =  .07),V-评分分别为4.23   ±   0.78和4.82   ±   0.39 (p  < .01)。方案A和B的实际移植物重量与移植物CTv之间的相关性分别为0.97和0.96。100-kVp + IR方案下的肝供体CT成像比120-kVp + FBP方案下的血管结构提供了更好的可视化,对移植物CTv具有相当的准确性,同时将辐射暴露降低40% 以上,并将造影剂剂量降低20%。

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