TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical usefulness of helical-scanning CT for the evaluation of arteriosclerotic carotid lesions
AU - Nomura, M.
AU - Katada, K.
AU - Anno, H.
AU - Ogura, Y.
AU - Takeshita, G.
AU - Kato, R.
AU - Osawa, H.
AU - Yamamoto, H.
AU - Kanno, T.
AU - Koga, S.
PY - 1995/10
Y1 - 1995/10
N2 - We examined arteriosclerotic carotid lesions in 76 patients using helical scanning CT (HES-CT), and evaluated the clinical usefulness of this method. A high speed slip-ring X-ray CT system was used. Scanning of the neck was performed for a 30 second period following intravenous bolus injection of non-ionic contrast medium, while couch top movement was 2.0 mm/sec. Multiplannar reconstruction images (MPR-image) and 3-dimensional surface images (3D-image) were reconstructed from the continuous raw data. MPR-images offered axial, coronal and sagittal images in which the lesion could be seen from any direction, and 3D-images that could be freely rotated were obtained by using a track ball and monitor. Eighteen cases were also evaluated by conventional angiography. Excellent HES-CT images were obtained in 73 cases, showing occlusion in 13, stenosis in 34, plaques without calcification in 15 and plaques with calcification in 74 vessels. A good correlation was obtained between HES-CT and angiogram in most cases, and in 6 cases, HES-CT was superior in the detection of stenosis, because it enabled us to observe the lesion from various directions. These results suggested that HES-CT was a minimally invasive, useful diagnostic method for the evaluation of arteriosclerotic carotid disease.
AB - We examined arteriosclerotic carotid lesions in 76 patients using helical scanning CT (HES-CT), and evaluated the clinical usefulness of this method. A high speed slip-ring X-ray CT system was used. Scanning of the neck was performed for a 30 second period following intravenous bolus injection of non-ionic contrast medium, while couch top movement was 2.0 mm/sec. Multiplannar reconstruction images (MPR-image) and 3-dimensional surface images (3D-image) were reconstructed from the continuous raw data. MPR-images offered axial, coronal and sagittal images in which the lesion could be seen from any direction, and 3D-images that could be freely rotated were obtained by using a track ball and monitor. Eighteen cases were also evaluated by conventional angiography. Excellent HES-CT images were obtained in 73 cases, showing occlusion in 13, stenosis in 34, plaques without calcification in 15 and plaques with calcification in 74 vessels. A good correlation was obtained between HES-CT and angiogram in most cases, and in 6 cases, HES-CT was superior in the detection of stenosis, because it enabled us to observe the lesion from various directions. These results suggested that HES-CT was a minimally invasive, useful diagnostic method for the evaluation of arteriosclerotic carotid disease.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 8539107
AN - SCOPUS:0029383040
SN - 0048-0428
VL - 55
SP - 878
EP - 884
JO - Nihon Igaku Hōshasen Gakkai zasshi. Nippon acta radiologica
JF - Nihon Igaku Hōshasen Gakkai zasshi. Nippon acta radiologica
IS - 12
ER -