title: [Non-helical overlapping scan (NHOS) for the application of 3D-CT angiography of cerebral blood vessels].
abstract: To improve of cerebral blood vessel visualization and reduce cone beam artifacts from high absorbance materials such as bone structure in 3D-CTA of cerebral blood vessels, we suggest that a non-helical overlapping scan (NHOS) be used. We found that the NHOS and the conventional helical scan optimized the conditions for clinical use of the NHOS. Z-resolution in the NHOS was much higher than that in the non-helical scan without slice overlap. FWHM of the NHOS were thin, about 47%, in comparison with that of the helical scan, and NHOS was superior in Z-resolution to that of the helical scan. Moreover, the NHOS had very few artifacts caused by the skull, and was useful for 3D-CTA of cerebral blood vessels.
authors.affiliation: Division of Radiology, Sapporo Medical University Hospital.
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumagai
authors.forename: Mizuho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Syuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Honma
authors.forename: Tosiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyati
mesh_terms: D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*