Operative fracture treatment of irregularly shaped bones, such as the calcaneus, scapula and scaphoid, demands high-quality images of the area in question for both classification of the fracture and planning of the procedure. However, since plain radiographs do not provide…
For years, Dr. François Lintz, an orthopedic foot & ankle surgeon at Clinique de l’Union in Toulouse, France, relied on 2D (weight-bearing) X-rays and 3D (non-weightbearing) CT scans in treating patients, some with extraordinarily complicated deformities. Because of the shortcomings…
It takes less than a minute to scan a patient in the pedCAT, but that’s enough time for the pedCAT system to collect enough data to create a 3D reconstruction of the foot and ankle, as well as .3 mm slices in all three planes.
