Estimation of the endolymphatic sac and vestibular aqueduct using magnetic resonance imaging

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1015-1021

  Kobayashi, Mari ^a   Tsunoda, Atsunobu ^b,c   Akita, Keiichi ^a   Yamada, Ichiro ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ASAHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endolymphatic sac; Epoxy resin embedding; Magnetic resonance imaging; Vestibular aqueduct

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULE AQUEDUCT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ENDOLYMPHATIC DUCT; ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VESTIBULAR AQUEDUCT;

EID: 0037646723     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200306000-00018     Document Type: Article

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