title: Three-dimensional CT imaging of the wrist. A practical system.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University College London.
authors: S E
authors: SE
authors: James
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Richards
authors: D A
authors: DA
authors: McGrouther
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014953:Wrist / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*