Generally the radiological survey of cranio-facial regions has been conducted by routine radiography with superimposed images; yet there recently has developed a need for more accurate diagnostic information of particular layer depth, which found its answer in thin layer tomography with its image layer varying from 1.3mm to 1.8mm thick.
The bone-structure of cranio-facial regions, in contrast with corps and other extremities, is rather complex, which results in the variety of geometrical representability, as is often the case in thin layer tomograms. With routine radiography, this complex bone-structure can sometimes lead us into the danger of misdiagnosis because of the partial deterioration of clarity and contrast of images which consequently hinders geometrical represent-ability of the object.
With a view to amend this deficiency of thin layer tomograms, the present author investigated the possible adaptability of zonography, which has thicker tomographic zone than other tomography now in general use. He invented “Combination Zonography” by certain combination of tomographic angles, and conducted laboratory and clinical examination, confirming its distinguished contribution.
The results were as follows;
1. “Combination Zonography” is found advantageous in the blurring effect which is characteristic to any thin layer tomography, and yet at the same time it is found to have the advantage of excellent contour representability as thick layer tomography does.
2. “Combination Zonography” ameliorates the detectability of low-contrasted cysts in maxillary antrum and of positional relationship between these cysts and their surrounding tissue, with great contribution to the diagnosis of maxillary antrum diseases.
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