title: CT and MR evaluation of a wooden foreign body in an in vitro model of the orbit.
abstract: We made an in vitro model of a wooden foreign body using both fresh and dry pine wood in both fat and soft-tissue background mediums. Air/wood/background medium interfaces were studied with MR and CT to determine which method provided the best image contrast for detecting a wooden foreign body. CT was demonstrated to be superior to MR in the evaluation of the orbit in the in vitro model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: McGuckin
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akhtar
authors.forename: V T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Smergel
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kubacki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Villafana
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016477:Artifacts; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D009915:Orbit / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014934:Wood