title: [Role of three dimensional spiral CT in the evaluation of craniofacial abnormalities in pediatric patients].
abstract: Technological advances in computer image analysis have made possible three-dimensional surface reformations of anatomic structures from contiguous axial CT silices. Three-dimensional spiral CT is a relatively new method and it is very useful in the diagnosis and management of craniofacial abnormalities. The purpose of this pictorial review is to assess the role of three-dimensional spiral CT in the evaluation of craniofacial abnormalities including craniosynostosis, hypertelorism, frontonasal dysplasia, hypoplasia of mandible, encephalocele and trauma in paediatric patients.
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe Universitesi Tip Fakültesi, Radyodiagnostik Anabilim Dali, Ankara.
authors.forename: Berna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oğuz
authors.forename: Mithat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haliloğlu
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vargel
authors.forename: Aytekin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oto
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed