Is there a role for virtual otoscopy in the preoperative assessment of the ossicular chain in chronic suppurative otitis media? Comparison of HRCT and virtual otoscopy with surgical findings

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1408-1416

  Pandey, A K ^a   Bapuraj, J R ^b   Gupta, A K ^c   Khandelwal, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Multidetector computed tomography; Ossicles; Otitis media; Virtual otoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OTOSCOPY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; EAR OSSICLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE; OTOSCOPY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349249077     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1282-5     Document Type: Article

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