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. 2021 May;50(3):562-571.
doi: 10.1111/ahe.12657. Epub 2021 Feb 2.

Creating a cross-sectional, CT and MR atlas of the Pannon minipig

Ors Petnehazy  1   2 , Tamas Donko  1   2 , Rosie Ellis  3 , Adam Csoka  1   2 , Kalman Czeibert  4 , Gabor Baksa  5 , Eric Zucker  6 , Krisztina Repa  7   8 , Aliz Takacs  1 , Imre Repa  1   7 , Mariann Moizs  8
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Creating a cross-sectional, CT and MR atlas of the Pannon minipig

Ors Petnehazy et al. Anat Histol Embryol. 2021 May.

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to create a detailed cross-sectional anatomical reference atlas of the Pannon minipig by correlating good resolution CT and MR images with high quality cross-sectional anatomical images. According to the authors knowledge, no detailed anatomical atlas is available for the minipig.

Material and method: An adult female minipig was utilized for this purpose. The animal was placed in a PVC half tube, and CT generated images of 0.6 mm slice thickness and MR images of 1.41 mm slice thickness were obtained. The images covered the whole body from the most rostral portion of the snout to the tip of the tail. The CT and MR scans were aligned with frozen anatomical sections prepared with an anatomical band saw from the same animal and significant structures were identified and labelled. The terminology employed has been referenced from the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria 6th edition-2017.

Findings and conclusions: The resulting atlas consists of 109 anatomical slices and the corresponding 109 CT and 109 MR scans (altogether 327 images) and the nomenclature list for each image. Although this publication contains limited images of the resulted atlas, it is a reference source for anatomy education and clinical sciences. We are of the opinion that more comprehensive and especially online available interactive atlases should be prepared using similar methodology.

Keywords: 3D reconstruction; 3DSlicer; CT anatomy; MR anatomy; cross-sectional anatomy; minipig.

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