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Osseous head in Canis canis (Bull‐dog): seriated CT‐scan and reconstructions (LB10)
Author(s) -
LE FLOCHPRIGENT Patrice,
VERDEILLE Stéphane
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.28.1_supplement.lb10
Subject(s) - sagittal plane , canis , anatomy , coronal plane , plane (geometry) , head (geology) , skull , computed tomography , geology , geometry , mathematics , medicine , paleontology , radiology
The osseous head of an adult bulldog (Canis canis) was CT‐scan in the frontal plane (Siemens, 64 bars). The cranium was laid on the table of examination with its longitudinal axis superimposed to the table's one; the orbito‐meatal (Frankfurt) plane was parallel to the table's horizontal plane. The head was 15,4 cm long. Several reconstructions were realized from the native cross‐sections with an average density. The cross‐sections in the three planes were then reconstructed with a high resolution, a thickness of 0,75 mm and an interval of 0,6 mm. 257 cross‐sections were obtained in the frontal plane, 132 in the para‐sagittal plane, and 158 in the horizontal plane. The cross‐sections were analyzed. The seriated CT‐scans of the entire and connected cranium and mandible in the dog in the three planes of the space brought a great accuracy in the analysis of the shape of the bones, of their achitecture of their volumes and of their relationships. This method is now unvaluable in the osseous morphological studies of the complex structures in every field of gross‐anatomy.