title: [Magnetic resonance imaging in facial injuries and digital fusion CT/MRI].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Magnetic resonance images [MRI] and their digital fusion with computed tomography [CT] data, observed in patients affected with facial injuries, are presented in this study.
  
  
  METHODS
  The MR imaging of 12 posttraumatic patients was performed in the same plains as their previous CT scans. Evaluation focused on quality of the facial soft tissues depicting, which was unsatisfactory in CT. Using the own "Dental Studio" programme the digital fusion of the both modalities was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pathologic dislocations and injures of facial soft tissues are visualized better in MRI than in CT examination. Especially MRI properly reveals disturbances in intraorbital soft structures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MRI-based assessment is valuable in patients affected with facial soft tissues injuries, especially in case of orbita/sinuses hernia. Fusion CT/MRI scans allows to evaluate simultaneously bone structure and soft tissues of the same region.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Chirurgii Czaszkowo-Szczekowo-Twarzowej Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Lodzi.
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kozakiewicz
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olszycki
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arkuszewski
authors.forename: Ludomir
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stefańczyk
mesh_terms: D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed