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Planispheric multiplanar reformatted CT: a new method for evaluation of paediatric congenital spine abnormalities.

Menten R, Mousny M, Saint-Martin C, Clapuyt P

Department of Paediatric Radiology, Saint Luc University Hospital, Avenue Hippocrate 10, Brussels 1200, Belgium. Renaud.Menten@rdgn.ucl.ac.be

We describe an original reconstruction method for spine CT performed in four patients with single or multiple congenital spine abnormalities. Conventional radiographic imaging is at the forefront of diagnosis and follow-up of congenital scoliosis, but is frequently difficult to interpret. Three-dimensional CT reconstruction facilitates visualization of complex anatomic structures, but does not give a reliable assessment of failures of segmentation. Mental three-dimensional reconstruction of the information displayed by classical multiplanar reformatted CT remains difficult. Planispheric reformatted imaging allows the visualization of all deformities in a single plane.

Published 13 May 2005 in Pediatr Radiol, 35(6): 627-9.
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