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

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.