3D visualisation of the middle ear and adjacent structures using reconstructed multi-slice CT datasets, correlating 3D images and virtual endoscopy to the 2D cross-sectional images

Neuroradiology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 783-790

  Rodt, T ^a,b   Ratiu, P ^a   Becker, H ^b   Bartling, S ^b   Kacher, D F ^a   Anderson, M ^a   Jolesz, F A ^a   Kikinis, R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D images; CT; Middle ear; Temporal bone; Virtual endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; EAR DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE EAR; MODEL; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036935624     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-002-0784-0     Document Type: Article

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