CT angiography with volume rendering: advantages and applications in splanchnic vascular imaging

P T Johnson; D G Heath; B S Kuszyk; E K Fishman

doi:10.1148/radiology.200.2.8685358

CT angiography with volume rendering: advantages and applications in splanchnic vascular imaging

Radiology. 1996 Aug;200(2):564-8. doi: 10.1148/radiology.200.2.8685358.

Authors

P T Johnson¹, D G Heath, B S Kuszyk, E K Fishman

Affiliation

¹ Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

PMID: 8685358
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.200.2.8685358

Abstract

The authors compared volume rendering with maximum intensity projection (MIP) and shaded surface display as a technique for generating three-dimensional (3D) images of the vasculature from spiral computed tomography (CT) data sets. In four patients with pathologic splanchnic vasculature, the advantages of volume-rendered display are illustrated for depiction of 3D vascular anatomy, vascular and visceral interrelationships, variant vasculature, tumor encasement, and hepatic tumor localization for presurgical planning.

MeSH terms

Abdomen / blood supply*
Adult
Algorithms
Angiography / methods
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnostic imaging
Female
Hepatic Artery / diagnostic imaging
Hepatic Veins / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted*
Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Mesenteric Artery, Superior / diagnostic imaging
Mesenteric Veins / diagnostic imaging
Middle Aged
Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Pancreatic Pseudocyst / diagnostic imaging
Pancreatitis / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*