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CT of the spine: value of reformatted images
A E Rabassa1, F C Guinto, W N Crow
1Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550-0709.
AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology
|December 1, 1993
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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