Computed tomography of the inner ear: Size of anatomical structures in the normal temporal bone and in the temporal bone of patients with Menière's disease

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1505-1513

  Krombach, Gabriele A ^a   van den Boom, Martin ^a   Di Martino, Ercole ^b   Schmitz Rode, Thomas ^a   Westhofen, Martin ^b   Prescher, Andreas ^b   Günther, Rolf W ^a   Wildberger, Joachim E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Inner ear; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INNER EAR DISEASE; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; MORPHOMETRICS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; TEMPORAL BONE; VESTIBULE; VESTIBULE AQUEDUCT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EAR, INNER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENIERE'S DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23344442224     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2750-9     Document Type: Article

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