The petromastoid canal on computed tomography

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2770-2775

  Krombach, G A ^a   Schmitz Rode, T ^a   Prescher, A ^a   DiMartino, E ^a   Weidner, J ^a   Gunther R W ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Petromastoid canal; Subarcuate artery; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN VEIN; CADAVER; COCHLEA AQUEDUCT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; JAW FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTOID; MEASUREMENT; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SKULL FRACTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL BONE; VESTIBULE AQUEDUCT; VISIBILITY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CADAVER; COCHLEAR AQUEDUCT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VESTIBULAR AQUEDUCT;

EID: 0036835921     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1306-5     Document Type: Article

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