Traditionally, the study of the aorta has been performed with conventional angiography through intravenous injection of iodinated contrast medium. This method has gained wide acceptance in clinical practice and is still considered the most reliable in terms of spatial resolution. However, as is well known, angiography is invasive for the patient, requires a high dose of contrast and is based on two-dimensional acquisitions. Such reasons have led to the role of angiography in the diagnostic approach to aortic pathology being reconsidered, and to a search for alternative imaging methods that can offer both a minimally invasive approach and a cross-sectional or even volumetric study of the vessel.
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BARTOLOZZI, CARLO;NERI, EMANUELE;
2002-01-01
Abstract
Traditionally, the study of the aorta has been performed with conventional angiography through intravenous injection of iodinated contrast medium. This method has gained wide acceptance in clinical practice and is still considered the most reliable in terms of spatial resolution. However, as is well known, angiography is invasive for the patient, requires a high dose of contrast and is based on two-dimensional acquisitions. Such reasons have led to the role of angiography in the diagnostic approach to aortic pathology being reconsidered, and to a search for alternative imaging methods that can offer both a minimally invasive approach and a cross-sectional or even volumetric study of the vessel.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
