Glad to help! This series is complete for now but there may be more content in the works down the road ;)

Hi, could you offer a primary source validating your statement here? I am not aware of any CT scanner that does this. An MPR can be planned from the scout images, but it's still created from axial image data. An MPR, by definition, is created from image data.

@@gospelphysics Your interpretation is correct. While most scanners offer direct-to-MPR type options in their software - which I believe is what Caroline is describing - what this typically does is generates a "Volume" or set of very thin axial slices and then reformats those into MPRs. Under the definitions described in this video, this "Volumetric" dataset is still considered image data and is distinct from raw data. From the end-user software side it may appear that the MPRs are generated directly from the raw data, especially in instances where you are telling the scanner "Acquire this scan then reformat Axial, Coronal, Sag", but the step of creating a volume still exists and is completed by the software as a necessary step in the process.