Mastoid cavity dimensions and shape: Method of measurement and virtual fitting of implantable devices

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 308-314

  Handzel, Ophir ^a,b   Wang, Haobing ^a   Fiering, Jason ^c   Borenstein, Jeffrey T ^c   Mescher, Mark J ^c   Leary Swan, Erin E ^c,d   Murphy, Brian A ^a   Chen, Zhiqiang ^a,b   Peppi, Marcello ^a,b   Sewell, William F ^a,b   Kujawa, Sharon G ^a,b   McKenna, Michael J ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Implantable device; Mastoid dimension; Mastoid size measurement method

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPLASTY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MASTOID; MEASUREMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; TEMPORAL BONE IMPLANT; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; LABYRINTH DISEASES; MASTOID; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64549088355     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000212110     Document Type: Article

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