CORRELATING SHEET PLASTINATED SLICES, COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES AND MAGNETIC-RESONANCE IMAGES OF THE PELVIC GIRDLE - A TEACHING TOOL

Sheet plastination is currently used to produce anatomical slices of d ifferent body structures, allowing one to study and teach their topogr aphy in an anatomically correct state. Correlation with computed tomog raphy (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques gives more insight into their anatomy. Using two female cadaver pelvises CT and M RI were performed. One pelvis was used to prepare 2-mm-thick coronal p lastinated slices according to the technique described by von Hagens. We found a good overall correlation between plastinated slices, CT and MRI images. This combined approach provides a unique anatomical insig ht and is a valuable addition to other teaching tools used by medical students, radiologists and anatomists.