Angiographic computed tomography is comparable to multislice computed tomography in lumbar myelographic imaging

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2006 Sep-Oct;30(5):739-41. doi: 10.1097/01.rct.0000228152.73528.54.

Abstract

We evaluated the feasibility of angiographic computed tomography (ACT) for diagnostic imaging in a patient with degenerative lumbar spine disease. ACT provides a volume data set out of a rotational acquisition with a c-arm-mounted flat-panel detector. Using this technique, radiographic myelography and myelographic computed tomography can be performed in a single session at the same imaging system. The quality of the reconstructed ACT slice images is comparable to those acquired by postmyelographic computed tomography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angiography / methods
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging*
  • Myelography / methods
  • Spinal Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Spinal Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*