title: Multisection CT venography of the dural sinuses and cerebral veins by using matched mask bone elimination.
abstract: Matched mask bone elimination (MMBE) is a technique for the automatic removal of bone pixels from CT angiography data sets. We describe the use of this technique in two patients with the clinical suspicion of dural sinus thrombosis. We conclude that multisection CT venography with MMBE is a useful adjunct for the visualization of the intracranial venous circulation by removing bone from the image. In contrast to techniques described previously, MMBE is fully automated and operator independent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Charles B L M
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Majoie
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Straten
authors.forename: Henk W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Venema
authors.forename: Gerard J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: den Heeten
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002550:Cerebral Veins; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography / Q000379:methods*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed