In Vivo 3D Analysis of the Adipose Tissue in the Orbital Apex and the Compartments of the Parasellar Region

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 112-117

  Weninger, Wolfgang J ^a   Prokop, Mathias ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cavernous sinus; Radiology; Sinus cavernosus; Superior orbital fissure

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISSECTION; FAT BODY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SECTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; CAVERNOUS SINUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1542409904     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10183     Document Type: Article

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