title: Using the 320-Multidetector Computed Tomography scanner for four-dimensional functional assessment of the elbow joint.
abstract: As described in this case report, the use of the 320-Multidetector Computed Tomography scanner (Aquilion One, Toshiba Medical Systems, Japan) to produce continuous 3-dimensional images in real time, over a distance of 16 cm in the z-axis, proved to aid in the diagnosis of a patient's restrictive elbow joint. This state-of-the-art scanner allows fast and noninvasive dynamic-kinematic functional evaluation of the elbow joint in vivo. It will also be applicable to kinematic studies of other joints.
authors.affiliation: Monash Medical Centre, Southern Health Care Network, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Yin Peng
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Goh
authors.forename: Kenneth K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Lau
mesh_terms: D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009068:Movement; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods