Furthermore, current standard picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) do not provide adequate and reliable tools for visualisation of multi-modality image sets, which prevents hospital-wide reviewing and demonstration of image fusion.
Lack of adequate and reliable tools for visualisation of multi-modality image sets in hospital PACS, which prevents hospital-wide reviewing and demonstration of image fusion, is another important issue.
CT is not, however, the best modality for visualisation of the prostate.
For optimal interpretation and discussion of multi-modality imaging, visualisation of both the separate images and the fused images is necessary.
Visualisation by projection of the modalities of the variables onto the factorial planes was also helpful for interpretation.
MRI and ultrasound only serve as complementary imaging modalities for the volumetric visualisation of tumour morphology.
Although bioluminescence imaging is a non-invasive modality with considerable potential for visualisation in deeper tissues and is widely used in the field of preclinical animal research, those studies have been limited by difficulties in non-invasively monitoring early disease progression in real time with high spatial resolution [11].
Irrespective of the smaller sensibility of the CT modality to soft tissue structures, visualisation of major organ structures was still possible, indeed after vascular filling with a contrast agent, exemplified in Figure 3a b, where the heart and the closely aligned lungs and liver of the alligator are easily distinguished.
Among them, robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy is one of the newest and most technically advanced modalities, with advantages that include stereoscopic visualisation and good manoeuvrability within the operating area.
Water enema multidetector computed tomography (WE-MDCT) is currently considered the most accurate imaging modality to provide high-resolution multiplanar visualisation of the colonic wall and surrounding structures.
