CT of the spine: value of reformatted images.
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.
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Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550-0709.
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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*