title: Spiral CT of the abdomen: increased diagnostic potential.
abstract: Over the last 10 years, spiral CT has become the optimal method of performing all CT within the abdomen and pelvis. Not only has the technique improved the quality of individual examinations, it has also opened up many new diagnostic possibilities which are currently being evaluated and compared with the concurrent advances in ultrasound and MRI. These new diagnostic possibilities are discussed in this review article. So too are the economic advantages of the shorter data-acquisition times which also make the examination much better tolerated by the patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Addenbrooke's Hospital and the University of Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El Sherif
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: McPherson
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dixon
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*