This depends on the issue at hand. Examples are:
*Liver: Each 1 mg of iodine per kilogram of patient body weight generates a liver enhancement of about 96 HU.<ref name="Bae2010">{{cite journal|last1=Bae|first1=Kyongtae T.|title=Intravenous Contrast Medium Administration and Scan Timing at CT: Considerations and Approaches|journal=Radiology|volume=256|issue=1|year=2010|pages=32–61|issn=0033-8419|doi=10.1148/radiol.10090908}}</ref>
*Thorax: :*For [[CT of pulmonary embolism]] in patients with low renal function, dual energy CTA (such as 90/150SnkVp) is feasible even at iodine doses of 6g (such as 15 ml of 370 mg/ml of iodine).<ref name="LeroyerMeier2016">{{cite journal|last1=Leroyer|first1=Christophe|last2=Meier|first2=Andreas|last3=Higashigaito|first3=Kai|last4=Martini|first4=Katharina|last5=Wurnig|first5=Moritz|last6=Seifert|first6=Burkhardt|last7=Keller|first7=Dagmar|last8=Frauenfelder|first8=Thomas|last9=Alkadhi|first9=Hatem|title=Dual Energy CT Pulmonary Angiography with 6g Iodine—A Propensity Score-Matched Study|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=11|issue=12|year=2016|pages=e0167214|issn=1932-6203|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0167214}}</ref>:*Other diseases of the thorax, such as parenchymal changes, can often be evaluated adequately without the use of intravenous contrast.
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