Current Orthopaedics
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 20-26, February 2005

(iii) Basic science: computed tomography

Department of Radiology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, St James's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK

Summary 

Computed tomography utilises a rotating X-ray source combined with multiple detectors in the latest scanners. This data can then be processed in numerous ways to provide axial, multi-planar and 3D images for diagnostic purposes. This modality has rapidly developed since its inception in direct relationship to the exponential increase in computer technology with a corresponding increase in its range of applications.

Keywords: Computed tomography, Musculoskeletal, Physics

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PII: S0268-0890(05)00008-3

doi:10.1016/j.cuor.2005.01.007

Current Orthopaedics
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 20-26, February 2005

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