MPVR, Multiplanar Volume Reconstruction

Diederichs et al. (1996) applied a variant of MPR, called multiplanar volume reconstruction (MPVR), to the study of the middle ear after high-resolution computed tomography performed with a reduced dose. The aim of the study was to reduce image noise and at the same time increase the partial volume averaging to balance this effect the tentative attempt failed for visualization of little bony structures, and, for example, the stapes was not visualized. 

CT and MR source images may be processed to generate 3D reconstructions, which can be obtained with both external and endoluminal points of view of the organ anatomy. The maximum intensity projection (MIP), the minimum intensity projection (MinlP), the shaded surface display (SSD), the perspective volume rendering (VR), and the multiplanar volume reconstruction (MPVR) algorithms pro-... 

The sliding thin slab maximum intensity projection (STS-MIP) and multiplanar volume reconstruction (MPVR) represent alternatives to MIP in which the volume is restricted to a thin slab that is only few voxel widths in depth (Napel et al. 1993). Pre processing is no longer required and the resulting images have a high contrast resolution. 

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