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Figure 7b. MPR. (a) Coronal reformatted image from routine abdominal-pelvic CT of a patient with bowel ischemia related to systemic lupus erythematosus vasculitis. Imaging in the coronal plane allowed visualization of bowel loop distribution throughout the abdomen and pelvis on a total of 28 images. Thickened distal loops of ileum are seen in the right lower quadrant with dilatation of more proximal small bowel loops. Arterial and venous patency was confirmed with this examination. (b) Sagittal reformatted image produced from CT data acquired with a trauma protocol. Examination of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis was performed with a detector configuration of 16 x 1.25 mm. Although a primary reconstruction thickness of 5 mm was used for axial interpretation, secondary data reconstruction to a section thickness of 1.25 mm at an interval of 0.625 mm allows a set of detailed full-spine sagittal images (approximately 20 1.5-mm-thick sections) to be created for every trauma case.
