Three-dimensional CT imaging of the wrist. A practical system.
Three-dimensional computerized tomography provides a new approach to radiological imaging. Raw data from sequential two-dimensional scans have been reconstructed as a three-dimensional model of the carpal area using the Medical Graphics and Imaging Workstation. This study demonstrates the anatomical accuracy and potential diagnostic qualities of a reconstruction of the carpus using this system. The advantages, pitfalls and suggested applications of this technique of carpal imaging are discussed. Three-dimensional imaging is shown to provide a great deal of information which cannot be viewed on conventional radiographs or CT images.
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University College London.
Richards
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McGrouther
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D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014953:Wrist / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*