Detection of hypoplasia of bony cochlear nerve canal by virtual endoscopy: A pilot study

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 802-807

  Quan, Yong ^a   Wu, Lebin ^a   Xu, Zushan ^b   Gong, Wuxian ^a   Gong, Ruozhen ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WEIFANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bony cochlear nerve canal; Computed tomography; Tractus spiralis foraminosus; Virtual endoscopy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROL SUBJECT; DIAGNOSTIC ABILITY; DIAGNOSTIC STANDARD; INNER EAR; MEAN AGES; PILOT STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARD; TOMOGRAPHIC; TRACTUS SPIRALIS FORAMINOSUS; VIRTUAL ENDOSCOPY;

ENDOSCOPY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; STANDARDS; TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INNER EAR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL BONE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR NERVE; EAR, INNER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 80055077925     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2011.110020     Document Type: Article

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