Three-dimensional fracture visualisation of multidetector CT of the skull base in trauma patients: Comparison of three reconstruction algorithms

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2416-2424

  Ringl, Helmut ^a   Schernthaner, Ruediger ^a   Philipp, Marcel O ^a   Metz Schimmerl, Sylvia ^a   Czerny, Christian ^a   Weber, Michael ^a   Gäbler, Christian ^a   Steiner Ringl, Andrea ^a   Peloschek, Philipp ^a   Herold, Christian J ^a   Schima, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Computed tomography; Fracture; Maximum intensity projection (MIP); Skull base; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL BASE; SKULL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349854810     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1435-1     Document Type: Article

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