title: Clinical application of 320-row multidetector computed tomography for a dynamic three-dimensional vascular study: imaging findings and initial experience.
abstract: The 320-row multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) is now used by both cardiologists and neurosurgeons. It enables dynamic 3D-CT angiography, because the wide-area detector eliminates helical scanning, thus achieving very fast scanning times for single 3D-CT volume data. Some microvascular surgeons are familiar with 64-row MDCT for perforator studies, but there are few reports of studies using 320-row MDCT. This MDCT system was used to follow the dynamic blood flow of small vessels. It is considered to have a great potential in the clinical field of microvascular surgery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital, 1007 Shimonagakubo, Nagaizumi-cho, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka 411-8777, Japan. snagamat@east.ncc.go.jp
authors.forename: Shogo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagamatsu
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kayano
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akazawa
authors.forename: Tetsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Onitsuka
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakaya
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Urikura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003287:Contrast Media; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007479:Iopamidol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; C057937:iomeprol; D007479:Iopamidol