| Category |
Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
| Manuscript Type |
Autobiography |
| Article Title |
Real-time virtual sonography visualization and its clinical application in biliopancreatic disease
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| Manuscript Source |
Invited Manuscript |
| All Author List |
Atsushi Sofuni, Takao Itoi, Fumihide Itokawa, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, Toshio Kurihara, Kentaro Ishii, Syujiro Tsuji, Nobuhito Ikeuchi, Reina Tanaka, Junko Umeda, Ryosuke Tonozuka, Mitsuyoshi Honjo, Shuntaro Mukai and Fuminori Moriyasu |
| Funding Agency and Grant Number |
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| Corresponding Author |
Atsushi Sofuni, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan. a-sofuni@amy.hi-ho.ne.jp |
| Key Words |
Biliary and pancreatic disease; Computed tomography-multiplanar reconstruction image; Navigation; Real-time ultrasound image; Real-time virtual sonography |
| Core Tip |
The real-time virtual sonography (RVS) system combined with ultrasonography (US) and computed tomography (CT) compensates for each of the deficiencies of US and CT. The visualization in biliary and pancreatic diseases using RVS added objectivity and detailed imaging for diagnosis lacking in conventional B-mode US and CT, and it becomes possible to make a more precise diagnosis. Moreover, it is possible to consider this system as providing images of detailed processes conveniently and in real time. RVS has potential usefulness in objective visualization and diagnosis in the field of biliary and pancreatic diseases. |
| Publish Date |
2013-11-18 10:59 |
| Citation |
Sofuni A, Itoi T, Itokawa F, Tsuchiya T, Kurihara T, Ishii K, Tsuji S, Ikeuchi N, Tanaka R, Umeda J, Tonozuka R, Honjo M, Mukai S, Moriyasu F. Real-time virtual sonography visualization and its clinical application in biliopancreatic disease. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(42): 7419-7425 |
| URL |
http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v19/i42/7419.htm |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i42.7419 |
