Normal kidney size and its influencing factors - a 64-slice MDCT study of 1.040 asymptomatic patients.

Background: Normal ultrasound values for pole-to-pole kidney length (LPP) are well established for children, but very little is known about normal kidney size and its influencing factors in adults. The objectives of this study were thus to establish normal CT values for kidney dimensions from a group of unselected patients, identify potential influencing factors, and to estimate their significance.

Methods: In multiphase thin-slice MDCTs of 2.

A method for calcium quantification by means of CT coronary angiography using 64-multidetector CT: very high correlation with Agatston and volume scores.

To find out whether calcium scoring of the coronary arteries (CAC scoring) could be carried out with a CT angiography of the coronary arteries (CTCA) in a single CT data acquisition. The Agatston and V130 scores for 113 patients were assessed. A calcium volume score (V600 score) was compiled from the CTCA data sets.