Abstract
Image evaluation by computed tomography (CT) of the temporal bone region has great advantages for clinical diagnosis. At present, high resolution CT (HRCT) is indispensable to the clinical diagnosis of temporal bone-related disorders. Recently, however, multi-detector CT (MDCT) has allowed the imaging and identification of more detailed pathological changes. In this study, we evaluated the temporal bone region with a diagnostic imaging device, cone-beam CT (CBCT), which offers images with higher resolution than those from MDCT. Herein, we assess pathological changes in the temporal bone trauma using this equipment and report on it's utility. The images obtained using this CBCT system were of great value in the diagnosis of temporal bone traumatic diseases and were useful for the visualization of minute configurations, which can then be used in the planning of surgical intervention.
