CT of the spine: value of reformatted images.

Rabassa, A E; Guinto, F C; Crow, W N; Chaljub, G; Wright, G D; Storey, G S · AJR Am J Roentgenol · 1993

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Abstract

Recent improvements in CT software allow rapid and high-quality two-dimensional reformatting of scans of the spine. Reformatting involves computer interpolation of two-dimensional multislice images acquired during routine axial CT scanning in order to generate a three-dimensional volume of data. From this block of data, new images are created and displayed in any desired plane. Reformatted images are acquired within minutes following axial CT scanning.

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