Weight Bearing Cone Beam Computed Tomography (WBCT) in the Foot and Ankle

Part I: History and Scientific Overview of Weight Bearing Cone Beam Computed Tomography.- Background of Weight Bearing Cone Beam Computed Tomography.- Scientific Overview of Weight Bearing Cone Beam Computed Tomography.- Part II: Scientific Background of Weight Bearing Cone Beam Computed Tomography.- Weight Bearing CT Allows for More Accurate Bone Position (Angle) Measurement than Radiographs or CT.- Combination of Weight Bearing CT (WBCT) with Pedography Shows No Statistical Correlation of Bone Position with Force/Pressure Distribution.- Combination of Weight Bearing CT (WBCT) with Pedography Shows Relationship between Anatomy Based Foot Center (FC) and Force/Pressure Based Center of Gravity (COG).- A New Concept of 3D Biometrics for Hindfoot Alignment Using Weight Bearing CT.- 3D Biometrics for Hindfoot Alignment Using Weight Bearing Computed Tomography: A Prospective Assessment of 249 Feet.- Relationship between Chronic Lateral Ankle Instability and HindfootVarus Using Weight Bearing Cone Beam Computed Tomography: A Retrospective Study.- Normal Hindfoot Alignment Assessed by Weight Bearing CT: Presence of a Constitutional Valgus?- Reliability and Correlation Analysis of Computed Methods to Convert Conventional 2D Radiological Hindfoot Measurements to 3D Equivalents Using Weight Bearing CT.- The Hind- and Midfoot Alignment Analyzed after a Medializing Calcaneal Osteotomy Using a 3D Weight Bearing CT.- Is Load Application Necessary When Using Computed Tomography Scans to Diagnose Syndesmotic Injuries? A Cadaver Study.- Use of Weight Bearing Computed Tomography in Subtalar Joint Instability: A Cadaver Study.- Is Torque Application Necessary When Using Computed Tomography Scans to Diagnose Syndesmotic Injuries? A Cadaver Study.- Flexible Adult Acquired Flatfoot Deformity: Comparison Between Weight Bearing and Non-Weight Bearing Measurements Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography.- Hindfoot Alignment of Adult Acquired Flatfoot Deformity: A

Martinus Richter, MD, PhD, Department of Foot and Ankle Surgery, Hospital Rummelsberg, Schwarzenbruck, Germany
Francois Lintz, MD, FEBOT, Clinique de l'Union, Foot and Ankle Surgery Centre, Toulouse, France
Cesar de Cesar Netto, MD, PhD, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
Alexej Barg, MD, Department of Orthopedics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Arne Burssens, MD, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
Scott Ellis, MD, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA