Atilla Arslanoglu MD, Presenter: Grant, Siemens AG

Adeel Rahim Seyal MD, Abstract Co-Author: Grant, Siemens AG

Lee Goodwin, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Vahid Yaghmai MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Mechanical power injectors are important in optimizing contrast enhancement in MDCT. This exhibit will review the essential concepts in design and utility of modern power injectors in order to enable radiologists optimize the CT protocols. The role of new mechanical injectors in optimizing images, workflow and contrast use will be discussed.

• Design of modern injectors: single versus double syringe • Challenges with optimizing the rate of injection: what type of intravenous access is acceptable and what does the pressure gauge tell you? • Common and uncommon causes of injector failure • Controlling iodine flux • Incorporation into scanner control • Clinical examples of how images can be optimized • Data mining for contrast utilization  

http://abstract.rsna.org/uploads/2014/14014063/14014063_ierk.pdf

Arslanoglu, A, Seyal, A, Goodwin, L, Yaghmai, V, Latest Technology in CT Mechanical Power Injectors: What you Need to Know.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14014063.html