title: Multiplanar reformat display technique in abdominal multidetector row CT imaging.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the image quality and diagnostic value of multiplanar reformat (MPR) of abdominal CT performed with multidetector row spiral technique (MDCT). Forty-five patients were referred for an abdominal MDCT angiography. No significant differences in image quality and in the number of lesions detected were found between axial and MPR images (t-test, P>.90 and chi-square, P>.95). Additional diagnostic value to axial images could be obtained with MPR display.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Radiology, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany. chengh@mir.wustl.edu
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bruening
authors.forename: Uwe J
authors.initials: UJ
authors.lastname: Schoepf
authors.forename: Kyongtae T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Maximilian F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Reiser
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011336:Probability; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000379:methods*