http://www.veterinaryradiology.net/18/helical-ct-protocols-and-pitch/ Teaching and learning about veterinary diagnostic imaging. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:19:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.veterinaryradiology.net/18/helical-ct-protocols-and-pitch/comment-page-1/#comment-1307 mariopingryhospital Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:53:31 +0000 http://www.veterinaryradiology.net/?p=18#comment-1307 this is music for my ears, Pete. With my 4-slice MDCT I work almost only in MPR, constantly turning on and off the MIP, 3D rendering, etc. .. For this reason, the slice thickness is everything to me especially if I have to do with cats or toy breeds. I do everything now at 1.2 mm and 0.8 P, of course when I can focus on individual districts and i use 3 mm thickness only for total body examinations of large breeds. Yesterday I scan the abdomen of a chihuahua of 1.5 KG and few cm in lenght for suspected shunt: 0.5 mm slices thikness with P 0.8: Superior visualization of normal and abnormal (he had a small splenophrenic shunt) abdominal vasculature ... almost an art. this is music for my ears, Pete. With my 4-slice MDCT I work almost only in MPR, constantly turning on and off the MIP, 3D rendering, etc. .. For this reason, the slice thickness is everything to me especially if I have to do with cats or toy breeds. I do everything now at 1.2 mm and 0.8 P, of course when I can focus on individual districts and i use 3 mm thickness only for total body examinations of large breeds. Yesterday I scan the abdomen of a chihuahua of 1.5 KG and few cm in lenght for suspected shunt: 0.5 mm slices thikness with P 0.8: Superior visualization of normal and abnormal (he had a small splenophrenic shunt) abdominal vasculature … almost an art.

]]> http://www.veterinaryradiology.net/18/helical-ct-protocols-and-pitch/comment-page-1/#comment-447 Pete Burger Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:00:33 +0000 http://www.veterinaryradiology.net/?p=18#comment-447 Interesting blog. I just wanted to add that if you are planning to do any 3D reconstruction or Multi-planar reconstruction to the images the rule of thumb is the thinner the slices the prettier the pictures. I think a lot of Vets overlook the idea of what 3D or MPR can add to their images to help diagnose the issues and illnesses. Interesting blog. I just wanted to add that if you are planning to do any 3D reconstruction or Multi-planar reconstruction to the images the rule of thumb is the thinner the slices the prettier the pictures. I think a lot of Vets overlook the idea of what 3D or MPR can add to their images to help diagnose the issues and illnesses.

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