Computer-aided three-dimensional reconstruction in human cochlear maps: Measurement of the lengths of organ of Corti, outer wall, inner wall, and Rosenthal's canal

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 701-709

  Kawano, Atsushi ^a,b   Lee Seldon, H ^a   Clark, Graeme M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

anatomic measurement; cochlear length; computer model; cutting angle difference; geometric difference

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; CORTI ORGAN; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0029832190     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949610500906     Document Type: Article

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