Song Y S, Liu L F
Department of Otolaryngology Head-Neck Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2018 Jun 19;98(23):1841-1843. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2018.23.007.
To compare the difference of measuring the length of styloid process between spiral CT with high resolution and cone-beam CT(CBCT). Five specimens (including 5 pairs of styloid processes) were selected randomly from the Anatomy Laboratory of Otolaryngology Department, all the specimens underwent spiral CT with high resolution and cone-beam CT retrospectively.With the original DICOM data, the styloid processes were shown in one plate by multiple plate reconstruction technique, and later the length of styloid processes of each specimen were measured separately by software NNT Viewer (to CBCT) or Osrix (to spiral CT with high resolution). The length of styloid processes measured by CBCT and spiral CT was (26.8±5.5) mm and (27.1±5.4) mm respectively, and there was no statistical difference between the two groups. In respect of measuring the length of styloid process, the CBCT has the same value in clinical practice comparing to spiral CT with high resolution.
