CT virtual colonoscopy in displaying excavated colon lesions☆

Received 12 April 2010; accepted 1 June 2010. published online 26 July 2010.
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the relative values of 2D plane view and 3D intracavity view of CT virtual colonoscopy in displaying colon excavated lesions. Cleaned porcine colon with ulcerative lesion was scanned with multidetector CT. The data were reconstructed and reviewed using 2D plane view and 3D volume-rendered images on a GE AW4.2 workstation. The 3D volume-rendered images showed superiority in displaying excavated lesions.

Keywords: Colon, Colonoscopy, Tomography, X-ray computed, Animals, laboratory

a Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, PR China

b Department of Digestive System Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, PR China

Corresponding authors. Tel.: +86 13856919001 (Xu Jian-ming) and Tel.: +86 13955167161 (L. Bin).

☆ Authorship statement: Wu Xing-wang: Designed the research, cared for research subjects, collected data, analyzed data, wrote, and reviewed the manuscript. Liu Bin: Designed the research, cared for research subjects, and completed this study congenerous with Wu Xing-wang. Wang Wan-qin: Laboratory analysis, reviewed the manuscript. Xu Jian-ming: Designed the research, cared for research subjects, reviewed the manuscript.

PII: S0899-7071(10)00136-1

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.06.006