Clinical application of 320-row multidetector computed tomography for a dynamic three-dimensional vascular study: imaging findings and initial experience.
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.
Nagamatsu
Shogo
S
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
Nakagawa
Masahiro
M
Kayano
Shuji
S
Koizumi
Takuya
T
Akazawa
Satoshi
S
Onitsuka
Tetsuro
T
Iida
Yoshiyuki
Y
Endo
Masahiro
M
Nakaya
Yoshihiro
Y
Urikura
Atsushi
A
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*
D003287:Contrast Media; C057937:iomeprol; D007479:Iopamidol