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Principi della TC convenzionale e della TC spirale

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Nella radiografia convenzionale il fascio di raggi X diretto al paziente fuoriesce dalla superficie opposta con intensità variabile a seconda dell’attenuazione differenziale che incontra durante il suo percorso e viene infine registrato su un dispositivo di visualizzazione bidimensionale. La principale limitazione della radiografia convenzionale è dovuta alla sovrapposizione di strutture tridimensionali su una superficie bidimensionale, fenomeno che rende spesso impossibile visualizzare dettagli anatomici. Sebbene le immagini possano essere acquisite da diverse angolazioni (proiezioni laterali, oblique ecc.), il problema della sovrapposizione dei tessuti non può essere risolto e rende assai difficile differenziare organi e tessuti con densità poco diverse. Per questo motivo, prima dell’introduzione delle tecniche di imaging tridimensionale i radiologi necessitavano di un “allenamento mentale” per ricostruire l’anatomia tridimensionale del paziente basandosi su una o più proiezioni radiografiche e rilevare eventuali alterazioni.

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Paolicchi, F., Faggioni, L., Lazzarini, R. (2010). Principi della TC convenzionale e della TC spirale. In: Elementi di tomografia computerizzata. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1697-2_3

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