title: The use of coronal scans for computed tomography of the orbits.
abstract: The use of coronal tomograms for CT scanning of the orbits is emphasized and the technic for patient positioning is described. Normal tomographic images are described and the contribution of coronal scans to a correct diagnosis is stressed in the light of 16 pathological cases. Coronal tomograms are especially valuable to show the regions of the orbital floor and roof and complement axial scanning.
mesh_terms: D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005123:Eye / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005350:Fibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018241:Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010212:Papilloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*