Feasibility of planar virtual pathology: A new paradigm in volume-renderedCT colonography

Authors
Fletcher, JG Johnson, CD Reed, JE Garry, J
Citation
Jg. Fletcher et al., Feasibility of planar virtual pathology: A new paradigm in volume-renderedCT colonography, J COMPUT AS, 25(6), 2001, pp. 864-869
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology ,Nuclear Medicine & Imaging","Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
JOURNAL OF COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY
ISSN journal
03638715 → ACNP
Volume
25
Issue
6
Year of publication
2001
Pages
864 - 869
Database
ISI
SICI code
0363-8715(200111/12)25:6<864:FOPVPA>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Planar virtual pathology (PVP) is an isometric rendering method for examini ng the CT colonography dataset, which renders the colon in discrete colonic segments. Ten patients with 36 polyps were evaluated using traditional 2D axial, 2D multiplanar reformatted, and 3D endoluminal images as well as PVP . PVP displayed 13 of 17 (76%) polyps of >1 cm, whereas 11 of 17 (65%) were detected using traditional rendering methods. PVP may be a useful adjunct in detecting additional polyps at CT colonography.