Abstract:

Objective

To evaluate the value of different liver volume measurement by CT image reconstruction technique before living donor liver transplantation.

Methods

Totally 11 cases of living donor liver transplantation were collected and all these cases were undergone multi-slice CT (MSCT)scanning examination pre-operation.By compared different liver volume measurements,the advantage and prevalent methods would be found.

Results

Among all 11 volume of whole livers or right lobe of livers measured by scribe methods,there were no significantly statistical difference between the groups which scribed by 0.5,5,10 mm reconstruction image on vitrea workstation or 10mm reconstruction image on viewer PACS of anke company.

Conclusion

CT is a faithful examination in evaluating volume of liver in living liver transplantation.The scribe methods of 10 mm reconstruction image on vitrea workstation simplify the liver volume measurement.

Key words: Livertransplantation, Tomography,X-ray computed, Comparative study