Value of spiral CT volume scanning for the diagnosis of thoracic bone and rib fractures
QI Yan
XUAN Guo-qing
WANG Yi-yun
Abstract：Objective To investigate the clinical value of spiral CT volume scan in the diagnosis of thorax bone fractures.Methods A retrospective analysis of the clinical data of 80 cases [49 males and 31 females aged from 22-76 years with an average age of (40.2 ±2.3)years] of patients diagnosed of thoracic bone and rib fracture in our department from Jan.2011 to Jun.2014 was carried out.All cases had complete X-ray,3D images and axial CT scan image data.X-ray,3D images and diagnostic results of axial CT scan images were analyzed.Results Af-ter suspicious fractures were excluded,with axial CT scan images as the gold standard,diagnostic sensitivity of X-ray was 61.54%with a specificity of 66.67% and diagnostic sensitivity of 3D volume rendering(VR) was 98.59%with a specificity of 87.50%.Conclusion Spiral CT can quickly confirm thoracic bone and rib fractures.VR, maximum intensity projection( MIP) and multiplanar reconstruction method( MPR) technology can effectively dem-onstrate slight fracture with strong advantage in anatomical structure.
Keywords：chest bone fracturesrib fracturesCTdignosis
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 308-310 )