Liver metastases: imaging considerations for protocol development with multislice CT (MSCT). Export

@article{citeulike:5011620, abstract = {Conventional, single-slice helical computed tomography (SSCT) allowed for scanning the majority of the liver during the critical portal venous phase. This was often referred to as the 'optimal temporal window'. The introduction of current day multislice CT (MSCT) now allows us to acquire images in a much shorter time and more precisely than ever before. This yields increased conspicuity between low attenuation lesions and the enhanced normal liver parenchyma and optimal imaging for the vast majority of hepatic hypovascular metastases. Most importantly, these scanners, when compared to conventional non-helical scanners, avoid impinging upon the 'equilibrium' phase when tumors can become isodense/invisible. MSCT also allows for true multiphase scanning during the arterial and late arterial phases for detection of hypervascular metastases. The MSCT imaging speed has increased significantly over the past years with the introduction of 32- and 64-detector systems and will continue to increase in the future volumetric CT. This provides a number of important gains that are discussed in detail.}, author = {Silverman, P. M.}, citeulike-article-id = {5011620}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1102/1470-7330.2006.0024}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17098650}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17098650}, doi = {10.1102/1470-7330.2006.0024}, issn = {1470-7330}, journal = {Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society}, keywords = {ct, liver, metastases}, pages = {175--181}, posted-at = {2009-06-29 12:35:27}, priority = {2}, title = {Liver metastases: imaging considerations for protocol development with multislice CT (MSCT).}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1102/1470-7330.2006.0024}, volume = {6}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5011620 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5011620 N2 - Conventional, single-slice helical computed tomography (SSCT) allowed for scanning the majority of the liver during the critical portal venous phase. This was often referred to as the 'optimal temporal window'. The introduction of current day multislice CT (MSCT) now allows us to acquire images in a much shorter time and more precisely than ever before. This yields increased conspicuity between low attenuation lesions and the enhanced normal liver parenchyma and optimal imaging for the vast majority of hepatic hypovascular metastases. Most importantly, these scanners, when compared to conventional non-helical scanners, avoid impinging upon the 'equilibrium' phase when tumors can become isodense/invisible. MSCT also allows for true multiphase scanning during the arterial and late arterial phases for detection of hypervascular metastases. The MSCT imaging speed has increased significantly over the past years with the introduction of 32- and 64-detector systems and will continue to increase in the future volumetric CT. This provides a number of important gains that are discussed in detail. JF - Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society SN - 1470-7330 EP - 181 TI - Liver metastases: imaging considerations for protocol development with multislice CT (MSCT). VL - 6 SP - 175 KW - ct KW - liver KW - metastases AU - Silverman, PM PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1102/1470-7330.2006.0024 ER -