Panoramic zonography in radiographing the carpus.
The panoramic radiography technique enables the visualization of different image layers. In the search for a method for improving the radiological fracture diagnosis of the carpal bones the suitability of this technique for visualization of the carpal bones was tested. For panoramic zonography, Zonarc (Palomex, Finland) and its programme with cylindrical image layer with 85 mm radius was used. The present study showed that panoramic technique is suitable for discerning the carpal bones but not for demonstrating their skeletal details.
D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic / Q000379:methods*; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray / Q000379:methods*