Korean J Gastroenterol.  2006 Oct;48(4):223-224.

Recent Progress in Abdominal CT Imaging

• Lim JH

Abstract

In this pictorial review, we introduce recent technical development of CT scanning in the imaging of the abdominal organs, namely, the gastrointestinal tract, colon, liver, biliary tract, and pancreas. With multidetector- row CT scanner, we can depict the abdominal organs by doing thin-section volumetric images and displaying the images in transverse axial, coronal, and sagittal plane reconstruction with isotropic images. We can see the interior of the abdomen directly as in the operating theatre. In addition, we can see the interior of the gastrointestinal tract as if we are flying through a tunnel.

Keyword

Computed tomography; Multidetector-row

MeSH Terms

Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods
*Radiography, Abdominal
Tomography, Spiral Computed/*methods
Adult
Endoscopes, Gastrointestinal
Female
Gastrointestinal Diseases/radiography
Gastrointestinal Tract/*radiography
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Male
Middle Aged
Tomography, Spiral Computed/instrumentation/*methods