Cervical spine trauma: evaluation by multidetector CT and three-dimensional volume rendering

摘要: Multidetector-row computed tomography (CT) offers important advantages over conventional imaging modalities in the evaluation of post-trauma cervical spine. It allows for faster scanning times, critical triaging patients as well eliminating motion artifacts, and thinner collimation ability to achieve an isotropic data set which can be reformatted any plane without loss spatial resolution. In addition, three-dimensional volume-rendered reconstructions images obtained using multidetector scanners provide additional information defining extent injury, allowing neurosurgeons see fractures plane, simulating intraoperative views. 3D multidetector-row CT represents advance technology help ensure rapid, accurate spine injuries.