title: CT angiography of the visceral vessels.
abstract: CT angiography (CTA) is a promising new technique for vascular imaging. This review focuses first on the technique necessary for successful scanning of the visceral vessels. As in many new modalities, there are different protocols for scanning and rendering of images. The relative strengths and weaknesses of these different approaches are discussed. A discussion of the applications of CTA to depict normal and abnormal anatomy of the visceral vessels follows. These applications include celiac stenosis, splenic artery aneurysms, evaluation for hepatic arterial anatomy before liver transplantation, visceral arterial anatomy in pancreaticoduodenal surgery, the superior mesenteric artery in intestinal ischemia, vascular encasement in patients with pancreatic neoplasms, and, finally, the hepatic vessels before hepatic tumor resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle 98195, USA.
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: H V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Nghiem
authors.forename: U P
authors.initials: UP
authors.lastname: Schmiedl
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Freeny
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D001158:Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014781:Viscera / Q000098:blood supply*