Research Article

Standard Splenic Volume Estimation in North Indian Adult Population: Using 3D Reconstruction of Abdominal CT Scan Images

Table 3

Comparisons of volume of spleen in different population and by different techniques.

AuthorsTechniquesPopulationMean volume of spleen (cm³)Range (cm³)

Liu et al. [11]Multidetector CT scan Chinese190.94 ± 70.37
Prassopoulos et al. [12]Summation-area technique (CT scan)European214.6107.2–314
Mazonakis et al. [13]Random marking on MR scanEuropean208.0 mL115–293.6 mL
Manual planimetry on MR scanEuropean204.8 mL117.9–289.8 mL
Hidaka et al. [14]3D USGJapanese104 mL
Zhang et al. [15]Radionuclide scan185
Hoefs et al. [16]Liver-spleen scanAmerican201 ± 77
Henderson et al. [17]Summation-area of CT scanEuropean209 ± 76
Picardi et al. [18]USGEuropean140 mL60–200 mL
Loftus et al. [19]Water displacementEuropean110 ± 7026–250
Lamb et al. [7]USG & CT –prolate ellipsoidEuropean107–314
Spielmann et al. [20]USG-prolate ellipsoidAmerican333.6 ± 116.1