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Open Journal of Medical Imaging, 2012, 2, 103-107 /10.4236/ojmi.2012.23019 Published Online September 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ojmi) Comparison of High and Medium Iodine Concentrations of Contrast Materials for Preoperative CT Studies in Breast Cancer Patients 1 2 3 3 2 Hisashi Yanaihara , Yusuke Inoue , Kazunori Nagahara , Hirofumi Hata , Reiko Woodhams 1Department of Radiology, Kitasato Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan 2Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan 3Department of Radiology, Kitasato University Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan Email: inoueys34@ Received August 2, 2012; revised September 3, 2012; accepted September 10, 2012 ABSTRACT We compared the contrast effect of high and medium iodine-concentration contrast materials for preoperative CT eva- luation of breast cancer patients. Female breast cancer patients who underwent enhanced CT of the chest and upper ab- domen before surgery were analyzed retrospectively. High (370 mg I/mL, 100 mL) or medium (300 mg I/mL, 125 mL) concentrations of contrast material were injected for 60 sec, followed by saline flush, and postcontrast CT images were obtained 90 sec after contrast injection. CT values were assessed for the breast tumor, normal breast parenchyma, liver, aorta, and muscle. For the high and medium concentration agents, 45 and 49 patients were analyzed, respectively. No significant differences between the two contrast agents were found in terms of CT values of the breast tumor, normal breast parenchyma, liver, aorta, or muscle. The tumor-background differences in CT values did not d