title: [Preoperative evaluation of a distal aortic arch aneurysm by spiral CT with three-dimensional reconstruction].
abstract: Sixty-seven-year-old male with a distal aortic arch aneurysm was evaluated by spiral CT with three-dimensional reconstruction. Spiral CT allows rapid data acquisition through an entire anatomic region during a single breath hold. The helically acquired data undergo interpolation. Transverse images are reconstructed with slice intervals 1-4 mm apart. Three-dimensional images were generated by these data with the transverse images. The entire anatomical correlation with the aneurysm and the aortic arch branches was clearly recognized by these three-dimensional images. Preoperative evaluation of the distal aortic arch aneurysm by spiral CT with three-dimensional reconstruction was useful for the surgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Jichi Medical School, Omiya Medical Center, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ino
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ide
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mizuhara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawahito
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nagai
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D011300:Preoperative Care; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods