• Multipath Curved Planar Reformation of the Peripheral Arterial Tree in CT Angiography

    Justus E. Roos, MD Dominik Fleischmann, T Arnold Koechl.MD Tejas Rakshe, MS MatusStraka, MS Alessandro Napoli, MD Armin Kanitsar, PhD MilosSramek, PhD Eduard Groeller, PhD

    The study was approved by the institutional review board, and informed consent was obtained. The purpose of the study was to prospectively quantify the angular visibility range, determine the existence of orthogonal viewing pairs, and characterize the conditions that cause artifacts in multipath curved planar reformations (MPCPRs) of the peripheral arterial tree in 10 patients (eight men and two women: mean age, 69 years; range, 54-80 years) with peripheral arterial occlusive disease. Percentage of segments with the maximal possible visibility score of 1 was significantly greater (odds ratio, 1.42; P