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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:我们评估了结合较低管电压和迭代重建(IR)技术的供体计算机断层扫描(CT)是否可以为肝移植提供足够的术前信息。我们回顾性回顾了113名肝供体候选者的CT。按照以下方案进行肝脏动态对比增强CT:方案A(n = 70),120 kVp,滤过背投影(FBP);协议B(n = 43),具有IR的100-kVp。为了均衡背景协变量,使用了一对一的倾向匹配分析。我们在视觉上比较了2种方案的肝动脉(A评分),门静脉(P评分)和肝静脉(V评分)的评分,并定量关联了通过CT容量法(graft-CTv)获得的移植物体积在两种方案中均具有实际的移植物重量。总共有39名方案A和方案B的患者表现出可比的术前临床特征,并且倾向匹配。对于协议A和B,A得分是3.87±0.73和4.51±0.56(P <0.1.01),P分数是4.92±0.27和5.0±0.0(P = 0.77),V分数是分别为4.23±0.78和4.82±0.39(P <0.01)。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0.96.100kVp加IR方案下的肝-供体CT成像比120kVp加FBP方案下提供更好的可视化的血管结构。移植CTv具有相当的精度,同时将辐射暴露降低了40%以上,而造影剂的剂量降低了20%。

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