title: Measurement of renal extraction fraction with contrast-enhanced CT.
abstract: Study was approved by the institutional review board, and informed patient consent was waived. A method for minimization of sources of variability in measuring single-kidney extraction fraction (EF) was determined retrospectively with contrast material-enhanced computed tomography (CT). Ten adults underwent CT of the kidneys; precontrast scans were obtained, followed by postcontrast scanning 2 minutes after contrast material injection. Single-kidney EF was then calculated for each patient with the formula EF = (CT(A) - CT(V))/(CT(A) - CT(PRE)), where CT(A) and CT(V) are the postcontrast CT values (in Hounsfield units) of the systemic blood and renal venous blood, respectively, and CT(PRE) is the precontrast CT value of the blood. Both conventional two-dimensional and volumetric three-dimensional regions of interest were used for determining mean CT values of the blood. By using the volumetric regions of interest, left and right renal EF values averaged 17.3% and 18.0%, respectively, for two observers, compared with the accepted value of 15%-20%. This latter technique also minimized right-left kidney and interobserver variability in the measurement of EF.
authors: Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Dr, Rm H1307, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors: Graham
authors: G
authors: Sommer
authors: Eric W
authors: EW
authors: Olcott
authors: Lawrence C
authors: LC
authors: Chow
authors: Ramin R
authors: RR
authors: Saket
authors: Pamela
authors: P
authors: Schraedley-Desmond
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D007472:Iohexol; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D007472:Iohexol