title: Three-dimensional computed tomographic imaging.
abstract: Recent developments in imaging techniques now allow reconstruction of actual three-dimensional images from computed tomographic data. This article discusses the basic concepts involved in three-dimensional imaging and reviews its potential as a diagnostic and management tool for the clinical ophthalmologist. New computer techniques allow review of actual three-dimensional images in both static and dynamic formats. This can allow the clinician to define more accurately a normal and pathologic anatomy involving skeletal structures in particular.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Katowitz
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Herman
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Whitaker
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Welsh
mesh_terms: D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*