Three-dimensional modelling of the venous system by direct multislice helical computed tomography venography: Technique, indications and results

Phlebology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 270-288

  Uhl, J F ^a,b  

^a Varicose Vein Surgical Center   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

3D modelling; CT venography; CVD; DVT; Multislice CT; Varicose veins; Venous anatomy

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC VENOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DATA PROCESSING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG VARICOSIS; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MICROCOMPUTER; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARICOSIS; VEIN OCCLUSION; VEIN PUNCTURE; VENOUS CIRCULATION; VIRTUAL REALITY; VOLUME RENDERING TECHNIQUE; X RAY TUBE;

CARDIOLOGY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84869452285     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2012.012J07     Document Type: Review

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