Imaging Pearls ❯ 3D and Workflow ❯ MIP Imaging
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"In summary, while thick MIP images are visually appealing and can be used for rapid interpretation algorithms in the emergency setting, they must be used prudently. When the MIP thickness is increased, multiple structures are projected onto the same plane. Distinguishing details between these structures can be lost when the thickness is too large, and , thus, the user must have full understanding of the anatomic detail before MIP images can be safely rendered."
Utilization of thick (>3mm) maximum intensity projection images in coronary CTA interpretation
Rybicki FJ et al.
Emerg Radiol (2006) 13:157-159 - "In summary, while thick MIP images are visually appealing and can be used for rapid interpretation algorithms in the emergency setting, they must be used prudently."
Utilization of thick (>3mm) maximum intensity projection images in coronary CTA interpretation
Rybicki FJ et al.
Emerg Radiol (2006) 13:157-159 - "When the MIP thickness is increased, multiple structures are projected onto the same plane. Distinguishing details between these structures can be lost when the thickness is too large, and , thus, the user must have full understanding of the anatomic detail before MIP images can be safely rendered."
Utilization of thick (>3mm) maximum intensity projection images in coronary CTA interpretation
Rybicki FJ et al.
Emerg Radiol (2006) 13:157-159 - "In conclusion our study revealed that the MIPs from a predesigned protocol on the scanner console were much quicker to generate than similar images from 3D workstations, and postprocessing demands(eg, the needs of renal donors) can be quickly fulfilled at the scanner console itself."
Semiautomated MIP Images Created Directly on 16 Section Multidtector CT Console for Evaluation of Living Renal Donors
Singh AK et al.
Radiology 2007; 244:583-590 - 3D Creation Strategies
- Real time interactive rendering by the radiologist
- 3D lab image creation
- Preset protocols generated at the scanner by the technologist and sent to PACs for review - "Sliding thin slab MIP reformations were significantly superior to MPR with respect to ease of identity of most fine structures of auditory ossicles, but the rest of the fine structures are suitable for visualization using MPR versus MIP."
Value of Sliding-Thin_Slab Maximum Intensity Projections in imaging the Auditory Ossicles
Jingzhen H et al.
J Comput Assist Tomogr 2008;32:141-145 - With MIP the brightest voxels always APPEAR to be in front, EVEN if they are in fact behind other structures