Tomograms of the arterial system of the human fetal auditory apparatus obtained by very-high-resolution microfocus X-ray CT and 3D reconstruction

Acta Anatomica Nipponica

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 545-553

  Shibata, Takashi ^a   Matsumoto, Sumiko ^a   Nagano, Teiko ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

< CT; contrast medium; human fetal auditory apparatus; microfocus X ray computed tomography (mfxct); small artery; X ray computed tomography (XCT)

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INNER EAR; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; VASCULARIZATION;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIES; BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIA; EAR, INNER; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33747235445     PISSN: 00227722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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