Multiplanar reconstructions and three-dimensional imaging (computed rotational osteography) of complex fractures by using a C-arm system: initial results

Radiology. 2001 Dec;221(3):843-9. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2213010606.

Abstract

With use of a calibrated angiographic C-arm system and a postprocessing workstation, the authors acquired volume data sets from two-dimensional digital projection images obtained during a C-arm rotation around the patient axis. Multiplanar reconstruction and three-dimensional images of complex fractures were reconstructed and compared with spiral computed tomographic studies in a cadaveric pig study and in eight patients. Computed rotational osteography provided high-resolution multiplanar reconstruction and three-dimensional images of complex fractures.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Artifacts
  • Foot Injuries / diagnostic imaging
  • Fractures, Bone / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted*
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional*
  • Spinal Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Swine
  • Tibial Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / instrumentation
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*