Multidetector CT of the thoracic aorta.
Recent advancement of MDCT provides high-resolution axial images with optimal contrast enhancement and 3D reformatted images of the thoracic aorta. MDCT is now playing a dominant and critical role in the evaluation of thoracic aortic disease. This article will focus on procedural considerations of MDCT: acquisition parameters, contrast injection and post-processing techniques and imaging findings of thoracic aortic diseases including, aortic dissection, intramural hematoma, penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer, aneurysm, and traumatic injury.
Takahashi
Koji
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Department of Radiology, The University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, 52242-1077,USA.
Stanford
William
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D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
D003287:Contrast Media