Table 1 Angio-CT protocol for assesment of potential living renal donors

CT scanner

Philips Brilliance 16

Voltage

120 kVp

Effective current

144–210 mA

Rotation time

0.5 s

Detector collimation

16 × 0.75

Slice thickness

1 mm

Slice increment

0.5 mm

Intravenous contrast material

2 ml × kg body wt + 40 ml saline

Injection rate

4 ml/s

Basal precontrast

<100 kV

Arterial phase

Basal, arterial (bolus tracking at 150 HU with 10-s delay)

Nephrographic phase

65-s delay

Delayed topogram

5-min delay

Reconstruction

50 % overlap