Clinical application of 320-row multidetector computed tomography for a dynamic three-dimensional vascular study: imaging findings and initial experience

J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2010 Oct;63(10):1736-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.02.032. Epub 2010 Apr 15.

Abstract

The 320-row multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) is now used by both cardiologists and neurosurgeons. It enables dynamic 3D-CT angiography, because the wide-area detector eliminates helical scanning, thus achieving very fast scanning times for single 3D-CT volume data. Some microvascular surgeons are familiar with 64-row MDCT for perforator studies, but there are few reports of studies using 320-row MDCT. This MDCT system was used to follow the dynamic blood flow of small vessels. It is considered to have a great potential in the clinical field of microvascular surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angiography / methods*
  • Contrast Media
  • Facial Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional*
  • Iopamidol / analogs & derivatives
  • Jugular Veins / diagnostic imaging*
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging*
  • Surgical Flaps / blood supply
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
  • Venous Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

  • Contrast Media
  • iomeprol
  • Iopamidol