title: [Spiral CT of the liver: detection of focal liver lesions].
abstract: The advantages of spiral CT mainly reside in the possibility to scan the entire liver volume in a single period of about 20 to 30 seconds, while the patient holds his breath. This high acquisition speed allows to selectively evaluate the entire liver during the arterial and/or portal venous phase. In addition, spiral CT is a true volumetric technique that allows a posteriori calculation of perfectly contiguous or even overlapping slices. These two specifications, high acquisition speed and the absence of data gaps improves the detection of focal liver lesions.
authors.affiliation: Universitaire Ziekenhuizen K.U.L., Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marchal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gryspeerdt
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Van Hoe
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Baert
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008102:Liver Circulation; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*