Computerized assessment of the mastoid air cell system

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-145

  Isono, Michio ^a   Murata, Kiyotaka ^a   Azuma, Hiroji ^a   Ishikawa, Masahiro ^a   Ito, Akihiko ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Binary system; Image processing; Mastoid air cell system; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MASTOID; MENIERE DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 0033118232     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0385-8146(98)00055-8     Document Type: Article

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