Virtual Endoscopy

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virtual endoscopy,

an imaging technique in which cross-sectional images acquired by computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging are processed by computer to reconstruct a three-dimensional display similar to that seen through an endoscope.

Virtual Endoscopy

The use of any imaging modality—e.g., ultrafast CT—to obtain 2-D images that are reconstructed to form 3-D images similar to the surface of a mucosal seen by endoscopy

virtual endoscopy

Imaging The use of an imaging modality–eg, ultrafast CT, to obtain 2-D images, which are reconstructed to form a 3-D image that is similar to endoscopy; VE does not obtain a biopsy. See Position.

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