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Postoperative follow-up of olecranon fracture by digital tomosynthesis radiography

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Digital tomosynthesis with flat-panel detector radiography is a novel application that allows easy, swift volume data acquisition of any anatomical site of interest with arbitrary patient posture. A single sweep of the X-ray tube provides multiple tomographic images of high resolution. We present the first patient with olecranon fracture who underwent internal fixation and 1-year postoperative follow-up with tomosynthesis. The minimal metallic artifact by this modality successfully provided detailed information regarding the healing process of the fracture.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Medical Center East, 2-1-10 Nishiogu, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, 116-8567, Japan

    Haruhiko Machida, Toshiyuki Yuhara, Mieko Tamura, Yutaka Shimada & Eiko Ueno

  2. GE Healthcare, Waukesha, WI, USA

    John M. Sabol

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Machida, H., Yuhara, T., Sabol, J.M. et al. Postoperative follow-up of olecranon fracture by digital tomosynthesis radiography. Jpn J Radiol 29, 583–586 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11604-011-0589-3

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