Mamourian A C, Erkmen K, Pluta D J
Department of Radiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2008 Apr;29(4):660-2. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A0893. Epub 2008 Jan 9.
Imaging of the cerebral vessels with use of CT angiogram (CTA) after placement of aneurysmal clips is often limited by clip artifacts. We used a phantom to demonstrate a visible reduction in metal artifact when using the axial technique, compared with the usual CTA helical acquisition. This approach may have some advantage when used for CTA with 64-section scanners in the specific circumstance of immediate postoperative imaging after placement of cerebral aneurysmal clips.
动脉瘤夹置入后使用CT血管造影(CTA)对脑血管进行成像时,往往会受到夹子伪影的限制。我们使用了一个模型来证明,与常规CTA螺旋采集相比,采用轴向技术时金属伪影明显减少。在使用64层扫描仪进行CTA检查时,这种方法在脑动脉瘤夹置入术后立即成像的特定情况下可能具有一些优势。