The diagnostic value of using 16-slice spiral CT scan and MPR on solitary pulmonary nodules
LI Quan-ling
Abstract：Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of using 16-slice spiral CT scan and Multi-planar re-construction(MPR) on solitary pulmonary nodules(SPN).Methods 21 patients with small peripheral lung cancer and 29 patients with benign SPN were confirmed by pathology and analyzed retrospectively using CT imaging data .All patients underwent 16-slice spiral CT volume scanning and MPR .Results MPR images could display more special features of lesions than conventional transverse scanning , such as pleural indentation , vascular bundle , small calcifi-cation, spicule sign, vacuole sign, spinous protuberance etc .Conclusion 16-slice spiral CT scan and MPR shows more signs of SPN than conventional transverse scanning .It is valuable to use this technique to scan SPN and distin-guish between benign and malignant lung tumors .
Keywords：Multi-planar reconstruction(MPR)Solitary pulmonary nodule(SPN)Spiral CT
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：4( 339-342 )