Imaging of the opacified middle ear

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 363-371

  Lemmerling, M M ^a   De Foer, B ^a   VandeVyver, V ^a   Vercruysse, J P ^b   Verstraete, K L ^c  

^a AZ Sint Lucas Gent ^*  (Belgium)

^b SINT AUGUSTINUS HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cholesteatoma; HRCT; Middle ear; MRI; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROBABILITY;

CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY/INFECTIOUS DISEASE; OPACIFICATION; OSSICULAR CHAIN;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEATOMA; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARDRUM; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTOMASTOIDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

CHOLESTEATOMA, MIDDLE EAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; EAR, MIDDLE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MASTOID; OTITIS MEDIA; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44649134808     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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