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Virtual Endoscopy

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Multislice CT: A Practical Guide

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Although endoscopy has existed for a long time, it is the nearly exclusive domain of the endoscopist, a doctor trained in internal medicine. Using video-assisted technology, endoscopy is used to view the inner surface of hollow organs in a continuous fashion (mostly colon, stomach or the tracheobronchial tree). Because endoscopy yields detailed anatomical information of the inner surface of a displayed wall segment, the technique is ideal for detecting mucosal lesions [1, 2]. In 1994 Vining first described the virtual colonography [2]. The radiologist, however, became interested in visualising the inner surface of liquid filled spaces (e.g. the bladder), vascular structures and even the intracranial cisterns in a three-dimensional (3D) manner, rather than just visualising air-filled hollow organs.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital, Rämistrasse 100, CH-8091, Zürich, Switzerland

    Borut Marincek M. D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  2. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Pablo R. Ros M. D., MPH (Vice Chairman, Operations & Planning Director, Partners Radiology Professor of Radiology) (Vice Chairman, Operations & Planning Director, Partners Radiology Professor of Radiology)

  3. Department of Clinical Radiology Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians-University, Marchioninistrasse 15, D-81377, Munich, Deutschland

    Maximilian Reiser M. D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  4. Head,Section of Abdominal Imaging Division of Radiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA

    Mark E. Baker M. D.

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Bielen, D., Vanbeckevoort, D., Thomeer, M., Peeters, M. (2001). Virtual Endoscopy. In: Marincek, B., Ros, P.R., Reiser, M., Baker, M.E. (eds) Multislice CT: A Practical Guide. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59450-2_21

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