In vitro model of a semicircular canal: Design and validation of the model and its use for the study of canalithiasis

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1208-1214

  Obrist, Dominik ^a   Hegemann, Stefan ^b   Kronenberg, Dominique ^a   Häuselmann, Oliver ^a   Rösgen, Thomas ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BPPV; Canalithiasis; Semicircular canals; Top shelf vertigo

Indexed keywords

CANALITHIASIS; CURRENT THEORIES; EXPERIMENTAL MODELS; FLOATING PARTICLES; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; IN-VITRO; LASER VIBROMETRY; PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VIDEO PARTICLE TRACKING;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

CANALS;

ARTICLE; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; CANALITHIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EAR DISEASE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GEOMETRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; THEORY VALIDATION; VALIDATION STUDY; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCELERATION; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ENDOLYMPH; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LITHIASIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; ROTATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; VERTIGO;

EID: 77950690867     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.11.027     Document Type: Article

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