Detection of labyrinthine fistulas in human temporal bone by virtual endoscopy and density threshold variation on computed tomographic scan

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 681-685

  Bensimon, Jean Loup ^a   Grayeli, Alexis Bozorg ^b,d   Toupet, Michel ^c   Ferrary, Evelyne ^d   Sterkers, Olivier ^d  

^a Clinique de Turin   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Ctr d'Explor Fonct Oto Neurol   (France)

^d BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FISTULA; HUMAN; INNER EAR; INNER EAR DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE EAR; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; TEMPORAL BONE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FISTULA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LABYRINTH DISEASES; OTOSCOPES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 23944526282     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.131.8.681     Document Type: Article

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