Midfacial imaging using digital volume tomography

Digital volume tomography (DVT) has been described to visualize high-contrast structures in a quality comparable to a computed tomography (CT), but requiring less radiation exposure. DVT was applied as a three-dimensional imaging modality using the NewTom 9000. After determining the NewTom 9000''s suitability for imaging of fine osseous structures of the facial skeleton using a dried human skull, the clinical application was extended to traumatological cases of the midface, starting with postoperative imaging of orbitozygomatical fractures. Thereafter, preoperative imaging and visualization of bone involvement in tumors were included. This paper summarizes our clinical experiences in cases of orbitozygomatical fractures and tumors involving the midface. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]