CT-Gastrography for Early Gastric Cancer Visualized by Wall-Carving Technique : Value of Portal Phase Contrast-Enhanced MDCT

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  • 早期胃癌におけるCT-gastrography の初期経験 : 門脈相MDCT の有用性

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Objective : The wall-carving (WC) imaging technique is used to evaluate early gastric cancer using multidetector row computed tomography (MDCT) image data for only the arterial phase. Our purpose was to investigate if WC images derived from portal phase MDCT images can enhance the visualization of early gastric cancer. Subjects and methods : Fourteen consecutive patients (average age/age range (years)= 75.8/61 to 86 ; male/female = 9/5) were enrolled. They were diagnosed with early gastric cancer and underwent contrast-enhanced MDCT before treatment. WC images of the arterial and portal phases were created from images scanned by 64-detector-row MDCT 40 and 60 seconds after the initiation of the contrast material injection, respectively. The correlation between the detection rates of lesions in the WC images and pathological findings was investigated. Results : Totals of 71.4% (10/14) of arterial phase WC images and 71.4% (10/14) of portal phase WC images showed lesions. The imaging ability improved to 85.7% (12/14) when the two sets of images were combined. Well-differentiated adenocarcinomas tended to be visualized better in WC images of any phases. Conclusion : WC is an excellent image analysis technique for visualizing early gastric cancer lesions. The depiction rates were improved by using a combination of arterial and portal WC images. The scan timing after the contrast material injection should be carefully investigated to improve the detection rate of lesions.

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  • 福岡醫學雜誌

    福岡醫學雜誌 104 (5), 189-198, 2013-05-25

    Fukuoka Medical Association

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