[Anatomical technic for interpreting CT images in various planes]

As a result of the new technique of axial computer tomography, it is possible to use data from transverse serial sections to construct sections in other planes. A method has been developed which allows transverse, sagittal and other sections (coronal f.e.) to be cut from the same specimen. After the C.T. exposure has been made, the specimen is frozen and cut into sections, and the sections photographed. The sections are reassembled and again frozen, so as to restore the specimen in its original form. It is then possible to cut new sections in any plan desired, and photograph them so that they may be compared with the reconstruction C.T. image.