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Continuous advances in the capabilities of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) hardware have made the availability of high-resolution isotropic data volumes part of the every day clinical environment. With the aid of sophisticated algorithms and high performance computing, cross-sectional MR imaging data of the abdomen may be rendered as direct three-dimensional (3D) representations of selected structures. Various post-processing routines, including virtual intraluminal endoscopy (VIE) can be applied to these data sets.
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Debatin, J.F. (1999). Virtual Reality in Clinical Abdominal MR Imaging. In: von Schulthess, G.K., Zollikofer, C.L. (eds) Diseases of the Abdomen and Pelvis. Syllabus. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2141-9_4
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