Virtual labyrinthoscopy: Visualization of the inner ear with interactive direct volume rendering

Radiographics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 547-558

  Tomandl, Bernd F ^a   Hastreiter, Peter ^a   Eberhardt, Knut E W ^a   Rezk Salama, Christof ^a   Naraghi, Ramin ^a   Greess, Holger ^a   Nissen, Urs ^a   Huk, Walter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), image processing; Computed tomography (CT), three dimensional; Computed tomography (CT), volume rendering; Data fusion; Ear, labyrinth, 213.12117

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; COCHLEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INNER EAR; INNER EAR DISEASE; MALE; MASTOID; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; TEMPORAL BONE; VESTIBULE;

COCHLEA; DATA DISPLAY; EAR CANAL; EAR, INNER; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LABYRINTH DISEASES; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE AGED; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0034146750     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.20.2.g00mc11547     Document Type: Article

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