Relative Value of Sliding-Thin-Slab Multiplanar Reformations and Sliding-Thin-Slab Maximum Intensity Projections as Reformatting Techniques in Multisection CT Angiography of the Cervicocranial Vessels
B.B. Ertl-Wagnera,
R. Brueningb,
J. Blumec,
R.-T. Hoffmanna,
S. Mueller-Schunkb,
B. Snyderc and
M.F. Reisera
a Institute of Clinical Radiology, Munich, Germany
b Department of Neuroradiology, University of Munich-Grosshadern, Munich, Germany
c the Center for Statistical Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI
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Fig 1. Corresponding axial sections of STS MPR (A) and MIP (B) reformations in a 63-year-old man. The small intracranial arteries are better delineated with the MIP reformatting technique. Window and level settings were standardized and are the same in both panels.
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Fig 2. Corresponding sagittal sections of STS MPR (A) and MIP (B) reformations in the same 63-year-old man. The intracranial arteries and small veins are better delineated with the MIP reformatting technique, whereas the superior sagittal sinus is about equally delineated. Window and level settings were standardized and are the same in both panels.
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Fig 3. Corresponding sagittal of STS MPR (A) and MIP (B) reformations in a 78-year-old woman. The calcifications of the carotid bifurcation are better delineated in the MIP reformations. Window and level settings were standardized and are the same in both panels.
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