Imaging of the inferior vena cava with MDCT.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this pictorial essay is to illustrate the role of MDCT in the diagnosis of disease processes affecting the inferior vena cava (IVC).


CONCLUSIONS
High-speed MDCT has the potential to replace traditional imaging techniques in the evaluation of pathologic processes involving the IVC. The ability to acquire near-isotropic data allows high-quality reconstructions in the sagittal and coronal planes and thus overcomes one of the major limitations of CT in evaluating the IVC.
Sheth
Sheila
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The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University, 600 N Wolfe St., Nelson B176D, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. ssheth@jhmi.edu
Fishman
Elliot K
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*