title: CT angiography in the examination of patients with aneurysm clips.
abstract: The use of CT angiography is described in three patients for the evaluation of intracranial clips after surgery for an aneurysm. A postprocessing technique is described in which shaded-surface-display models were superimposed on maximum intensity projection CT angiograms. CT angiograms showed residual aneurysmal filling adjacent to a clip, patency of a vessel thought to be compromised by recent clip placement, and errant position of a clip, which required repeat surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington 05401, USA.
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Vieco
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Morin
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Gross
mesh_terms: D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*