By selecting [Exit] the menu area changes to the “Vol. Cine” menu.
9.8 Volume Contrast Imaging: (VCI A-Plane)
Note
Volume Contrast Imaging is an option. If this option is not installed, the [VCI A-Plane] key is
hidden.
By setting a small volume sweep angle you scan a limited number of slices with a relatively
high volume rate. The render box is very narrow and so you can visualize the tissue
information of a thick slice. A mixture of surface texture and transparent maximum (or X-ray)
rendering modes (70/30) plus a low setting of surface transparency (20-50) is used. The
resulting image shows the average (integrated) gray values of the tissue contained within the
narrow box. Volume Contrast Imaging [VCI] improves the contrast resolution and the signal /
noise ratio and therefore facilitates the detection of diffuse lesions in organs. The result is an
image with no speckle pattern and a highly improved tissue contrast.
1. Activate Volume mode (hard key).
2. Select the [VCI A-Plane] key.
The “4D Mode” menu appears on the menu area (scan mode).
Volume Mode
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