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01-07-2008 | Original Article

Three-dimensional visualization of pelvic vascularity

Authors: Hong-Mei Ding, Zhi-Xun Yin, Xiao-Bing Zhou, Yan-Bin Li, Mao-Lin Tang, Sheng-Hua Chen, Da-Chuan Xu, Shi-Zhen Zhong

Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy | Issue 5/2008

Abstract

The aim of this study was to establish a 3D digitized model of pelvic vasculature for anatomic study, preoperative planning, and virtual reality. Three adult fresh cadavers were perfused with carboxymethyl cellulose/lead oxide mixture to mark blood vessels, and subjected to multilayer spiral computed tomography scanning to obtain a series of thin sections. Then, the 2D images of the pelvis and pelvic blood vessels were transformed into 3D digitized models using Mimics 11.0. The 2D images of carboxymethyl cellulose/lead oxide filled arteries had the features of entire outline and few constructed defects. The 3D digitized models of the pelvis and pelvic artery system displayed spatial location and the adjacent relationship of arteries with the pelvis. Not only the well-known arteries but also the tiny blood vessels in the reconstructed structures were well demonstrated and observed interactively. The reconstructed tissue flaps, including a lobulated skin flap with the pedicel of superficial epigastric artery, and an iliac flap with the pedicel of deep iliac circumflex artery, demonstrated their blood supply area. This indicated that the modified technique of vascular perfusion with carboxymethyl cellulose/lead oxide and reconstitution with Mimics 11.0 software contributed to 3D digitized model of pelvic vasculature.

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Title: Three-dimensional visualization of pelvic vascularity
Authors: Hong-Mei Ding
Zhi-Xun Yin
Xiao-Bing Zhou
Yan-Bin Li
Mao-Lin Tang
Sheng-Hua Chen
Da-Chuan Xu
Shi-Zhen Zhong
Publication date: 01-07-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy / Issue 5/2008
Print ISSN: 0930-1038
Electronic ISSN: 1279-8517
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-008-0348-z

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