{"id":165,"date":"2012-05-03T10:22:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T10:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/3d-imaging-of-upper-respiratory-tract\/"},"modified":"2023-03-22T06:09:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T06:09:51","slug":"3d-imaging-of-upper-respiratory-tract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/radiology\/3d-imaging-of-upper-respiratory-tract\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Imaging of Upper Respiratory Tract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"caps\">MDCT with volume acquisition enables the 3D reconstruction of complex anatomical regions such as the upper respiratory tract. \u00a0With this, we can visualise the paranasal sinuses, the nasopharynx, velopharynx, oropharynx and larynx to great detail. \u00a0For example, in patients with nasopharyngeal lesions, the amount of airway narrowing can be easily visualised and interpreted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/doctors\/chennai\/family-physician\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">physician<\/a>. \u00a0A cine loop of the 3D image can also be made and can be viewed at any workstation. However, it is to be remembered that this is not a replacement for conventional 2D image interpretation, since only air containing regions are visualised here and extramucosal lesions cannot be seen. In the image samples shown below, we can also see the air within middle ear and \u00a0mastoids.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-698 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Upper-Respiratory-Tract-3D-AP.jpg\" alt=\"3D Imaging of Upper Respiratory Tract\" width=\"544\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Upper-Respiratory-Tract-3D-AP.jpg 544w, https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Upper-Respiratory-Tract-3D-AP-255x300.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Upper-Respiratory-Tract-3D-Lat-1016x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Upper Respiratory Tract\" width=\"544\" height=\"548\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kauvery Hospital is globally known for its multidisciplinary services at all its Centers of Excellence, and for its comprehensive, Avant-Grade technology, especially in diagnostics and remedial care in heart diseases, transplantation, vascular and neurosciences medicine. Located in the heart of Trichy (Tennur, Royal Road and Alexandria Road (Cantonment), Chennai, Hosur, Salem, Tirunelveli and Bengaluru, the hospital also renders adult and pediatric trauma care.<\/p>\n<p>Chennai \u2013 044 4000 6000 \u2022 Trichy \u2013 Cantonment \u2013 0431 4077777 \u2022 Trichy \u2013 Heartcity \u2013 0431 4077777 \u2022 Trichy \u2013 Tennur \u2013 0431 4022555 \u2022 Maa Kauvery Trichy \u2013 0431 4077777 \u2022 Kauvery Cancer Institute, Trichy \u2013 0431 4077777 \u2022 Hosur \u2013 04344 272727 \u2022 Salem \u2013 0427 2677777 \u2022 Tirunelveli &#8211; 0462 4006000 \u2022 Bengaluru &#8211; 080 6801 6801<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MDCT with volume acquisition enables the 3D reconstruction of complex anatomical regions such as the upper respiratory tract. \u00a0With this, we can visualise the paranasal sinuses, the nasopharynx, velopharynx, oropharynx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-radiology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8519,"href":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165\/revisions\/8519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kauveryhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}