Multiplanar reformat display technique in abdominal multidetector row CT imaging.
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.
Hong
Cheng
C
Institute of Clinical Radiology, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany. chengh@mir.wustl.edu
Bruening
Roland
R
Schoepf
Uwe J
UJ
Bae
Kyongtae T
KT
Reiser
Maximilian F
MF
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*