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Radiology, Vol 193, 555-560, Copyright © 1994 by Radiological Society of North America

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Abdominal aortic aneurysms: evaluation with variable-collimation helical CT and overlapping reconstruction

RK Zeman, PM Silverman, PM Berman, DI Weltman, WJ Davros and MN Gomes
Department of Radiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007.

PURPOSE: To determine the value of variable collimation and overlapping reconstruction in helical computed tomography (CT) to evaluate abdominal aortic aneurysm. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-three patients (15 men and eight women, aged 59-85 years) underwent helical CT scanning, nine with fixed 5-mm collimation and 14 with 3- and 7-mm collimation combined. The ability to visualize main and accessory renal arteries, detect stenoses, and determine aneurysm extent were evaluated. RESULTS: Extent of aneurysm was accurately determined in 17 of 23 cases without overlapping sections; failure to detect ancillary findings such as accessory arteries or stenosis occurred in nine of these cases. With overlapping sections, determination of aneurysm extent improved to 19 of 23 cases and ancillary errors were reduced to four. Five errors occurred with fixed collimation and three errors with variable collimation. CONCLUSION: Overlapping, variable-collimation helical CT allows for a more complete evaluation of abdominal aortic aneurysms than does nonoverlapping, fixed-collimation CT.


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