By Elliot K. Fishman MD, R. Brooke Jeffrey Jr. MD
Written by means of the stated specialists, this publication courses practitioners via the technical points of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and its site-specific medical functions within the chest, gastrointestinal organs, genitourinary tract, vascular procedure, and musculoskeletal method. greater than 1,400 illustrations supplement the text.
The members clarify the benefits of MDCT over single-slice CT in particular scientific events and supply functional information for optimizing scanning protocols. cutting-edge insurance contains 3-D rendering innovations, the digital colonoscopy, CT angiography, and screening. Protocols for pediatric sufferers are included.
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Stereo disp play conveyys perspectiive and dep pth cues byy presentingg two separate rrenderings from slighttly differen nt points off view to the left an nd right eyye. This re esults in an n immediate percception of depth due e to the in nherent inttegrating ccapability o of the braiin (stereopsis). Image e sepa aration on a single com mputer displlay is achie eved with le eft and right shutter de evices incorporated in nto eyewearr that open and close to altternate frames. Although the pro ocess requires specialiized hardware and sofftware, the e cost of these syystems is decreasing.
Noninvasive visualization of coronary arteries using contrast-enhanced multidetector CT: influence of heart rate on image quality and stenosis detection. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2002;179:911-916. 15. Horiguchi J, Nakanishi T, Ito K. Quantification of coronary artery calcium using multidetector CT and a retrospective ECG-gating reconstruction algorithm. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2001;177:1429-1435. 16. Kopp AF, Kuttner A, Heuschmid M, et al. Multidetector-row CT cardiac imaging with 4 and 16 slices for coronary CTA and imaging of atherosclerotic plaques.
2 2-11. 38 F FIG. 2-12. C Continued F FIG. 2-13. Volume--rendered images o of u unicameral bone cyst. A,B: Sagittal 3D image es w with varyin ng opacitiess show the ability tto d define both lytic bone lesion and normal bon ne ttexture. C: Coronal im mage defin nes in deta ail e extent of tthe bone ccyst and arrticular join nt ssurfaces. FIG. 2-13. Contiinued FIG. 2-13. Contiinued Anotther techniq que routine ely used forr CT angioggraphy to su upplement volume ren ndering is M MIP technique (19,20)..
