[Digital X-ray technologies in the evaluation of bone structure].

The paper considers the comparative characteristics of microfocus X-ray study, standard X-ray study, and multislice computed tomography in the evaluation of the bone structure. Microfocus X-ray study was found to fuller characterize the trabecular bone structure, to reveal small foci of destruction and low-contrast bone sequesters that are invisible on a standard X-ray film, and to describe a periosteal reaction. Microfocus X-ray study with direct x5 or x7 magnification in combination with computed radiography should be a stage I procedure for the study of the bone structure of the hand, foot, leg, forearm, elbow and ankle joints and the use standard X-ray study is inadvisable.

[Radiodiagnosis of pelvic injuries].

The paper deals with an algorithm for the radiodiagnosis of pelvic injuries. The examination of victims with pelvic injuries allows one to state that multislice spiral computed tomography (MSCT) can define the type of pelvic ring instability and the nature of fragment displacement, visualize all types of fractures of pelvic bones and cotyloid cavity walls, and reveal intrapelvic hematomas, as well as changes in adjacent soft tissues, sacroiliac joints, intrapelvic vessels and organs. MSCT angiography is a technique that can be successfully used at different stages of diagnosis and as the first imaging method or as a pre-examination one if the diagnosis is established and as a control study.