Impact of multislice CT on imaging of acute abdominal disease.
The increased speed, greater coverage, and thinner slices of MSCT are exciting developments in radiology, and these feature should only improve with newer generation multislice scanners. The impact of this technology on abdominal imaging has just begun.
Kundra
Vikas
V
Division of Diagnostic Imaging, Department of Radiology, The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Box 57, Houston, TX 77030, USA. vkundra@di.mdacc.tmc.edu
Silverman
Paul M
PM
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*