Orientation of human semicircular canals measured by three-dimensional multiplanar CT reconstruction

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 191-206

  Della Santina, Charles C ^a   Potyagaylo, Valeria ^a   Migliaccio, Americo A ^a   Minor, Lloyd B ^a   Carey, John P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; CT; Labyrinth; Orientation; Semicircular canal; Vestibular; VOR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOSE; ORTHOGONAL ROTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SKULL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STEREOTAXIS; TEMPORAL BONE; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644871340     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-005-0003-x     Document Type: Article

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