Chest
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Chest
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Specific Anatomic Region |
Bronchial Tree or Airway |
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Application |
Tracheal stenosis |
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Author |
Fishman EK |
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Reference Source |
Personal communication |
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Scanner Used |
Siemens Somatom Plus-4 |
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Injection Rate |
N/A |
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Contrast Volume and Type |
N/A |
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Area Scanned |
From thoracic inlet cephalad to the 2nd or 3rd order bronchi |
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Scan Delay |
None |
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Length of Spiral (time) |
30-40sec |
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Slice Thickness |
3mm |
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Table Speed/Pitch |
3-5mm/sec or a pitch of 1-1.6 |
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Reconstruction Interval |
1-2mm |
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3D Technique Used |
Volume rendering |
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Comment: Use volume rendering with lung isolation algorithm. MPR oblique imaging may also prove helpful. |
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1A) |
1B) |
Case 1: 3D virtual bronchoscopy of normal airway |
2A) |
2B) |
Case 2: tracheal stenosis with virtual imaging |
3A) |
3B) |
Case 3: tracheal stenosis with 3D virtual bronchoscopy |
3C) |
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