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Inversion mode display of 3D sonography: applications in obstetric and gynecologic imaging.

Benacerraf BR

Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

OBJECTIVE: Three-dimensional sonography involves volume acquisitions of sonographic data that can be displayed in a variety of ways, including surface rendering and multiplanar reconstruction. A new method of displaying sonographic volumes is called the inversion mode, which displays the cystic portions within the entire volume as echogenic areas. The gray-scale portion of the image becomes transparent, and the cystic areas become brightly visible in three dimensions. CONCLUSION: This article shows the applications for this method of volume sonography display and shows the importance of being able to visualize all of the cystic areas concurrently within a volume.

Published 20 September 2006 in AJR Am J Roentgenol, 187(4): 965-71.
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