Quasi-static transfer function of the rabbit middle ear, measured with a heterodyne interferometer with high-resolution position decoder

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 339-351

  Dirckx, Joris J J ^a   Buytaert, Jan A N ^a   Decraemer, Willem F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Eardrum; Friction; Hysteresis; Modeling; Ossicles; Pressure; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM; FRICTION; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HYPOBARISM; HYSTERESIS; INTERFEROMETER; LINEAR SYSTEM; MIDDLE EAR; MIDDLE EAR PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STAPES; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; EAR, MIDDLE; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PRESSURE; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STAPES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750976174     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-006-0048-5     Document Type: Article

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