Abstract
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to illustrate the role of MDCT in the diagnosis of disease processes affecting the inferior vena cava (IVC). CONCLUSION. High-speed MDCT has the potential to replace traditional imaging techniques in the evaluation of pathologic processes involving the IVC. The ability to acquire near-isotropic data allows high-quality reconstructions in the sagittal and coronal planes and thus overcomes one of the major limitations of CT in evaluating the IVC.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1243-1251 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | American Journal of Roentgenology |
| Volume | 189 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2007 |
Keywords
- Bland thrombus
- Budd-Chiari syndrome
- Heart
- Inferior vena cava
- Leiomyosarcoma
- MDCT
- Tumor thrombus
- Vascular imaging
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging