title: CT of the spine: value of reformatted images.
abstract: Recent improvements in CT software allow rapid and high-quality two-dimensional reformatting of scans of the spine. Reformatting involves computer interpolation of two-dimensional multislice images acquired during routine axial CT scanning in order to generate a three-dimensional volume of data. From this block of data, new images are created and displayed in any desired plane. Reformatted images are acquired within minutes following axial CT scanning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550-0709.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Rabassa
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Guinto
authors.forename: W N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Crow
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chaljub
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Storey
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*