Beryl R Benacerraf1. 1. Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Three-dimensional sonography involves volume acquisitions of sonographic data that can be displayed in a variety of ways, including surface rendering and multiplanar reconstruction. A new method of displaying sonographic volumes is called the inversion mode, which displays the cystic portions within the entire volume as echogenic areas. The gray-scale portion of the image becomes transparent, and the cystic areas become brightly visible in three dimensions. CONCLUSION: This article shows the applications for this method of volume sonography display and shows the importance of being able to visualize all of the cystic areas concurrently within a volume.
OBJECTIVE: Three-dimensional sonography involves volume acquisitions of sonographic data that can be displayed in a variety of ways, including surface rendering and multiplanar reconstruction. A new method of displaying sonographic volumes is called the inversion mode, which displays the cystic portions within the entire volume as echogenic areas. The gray-scale portion of the image becomes transparent, and the cystic areas become brightly visible in three dimensions. CONCLUSION: This article shows the applications for this method of volume sonography display and shows the importance of being able to visualize all of the cystic areas concurrently within a volume.
Authors: Jimmy Espinoza; Sonia S Hassan; Francesca Gotsch; Juan Pedro Kusanovic; Wesley Lee; Offer Erez; Luís F Gonçalves; Mary Lou Schoen; Roberto Romero Journal: J Ultrasound Med Date: 2007-11 Impact factor: 2.153