Three-dimensional CT stereoscopic visualization of renal masses: impact on diagnosis and patient treatment.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this study was to determine whether three-dimensional reconstruction with stereoscopic display of helical CT data sets and CT angiography are useful in the examination of patients with known or suspected renal masses.


CONCLUSIONS
Volume-rendering techniques applied to helical CT data sets coupled with three-dimensional stereoscopic imaging provide a complete examination of patients with known or suspected renal masses. Such information can help guide patient treatment and provide a single preoperative study when nephron-sparing surgery or total nephrectomy is considered.
Smith
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Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Marshall
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Urban
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Heath
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Fishman
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*