Three-dimensional modelling of the middle-ear ossicular chain using a commercial high-resolution X-ray CT scanner

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 250-263

  Decraemer, W F ^a   Dirckx, J J J ^a   Funnell, W R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer; Middle ear; Models; Three dimensional; Tomography; X ray

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EAR; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE EAR; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY; X RAY;

ANIMALS; CATS; EAR OSSICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037633985     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-002-3030-x     Document Type: Article

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