Realistic 3D computer model of the gerbil middle ear, featuring accurate morphology of bone and soft tissue structures

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 681-696

  Buytaert, Jan A N ^a   Salih, Wasil H M ^a   Dierick, Manual ^b   Jacobs, Patric ^b   Dirckx, Joris J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gerbil; High resolution; Micro scale X ray computed tomography (micro CT); Middle ear; Modeling; Orthogonal plane fluorescence opticalsectioning microscopy (OPFOS); Soft tissue; Surface mesh; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPUTER MODEL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GERBIL; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIGAMENT; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SECTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANATOMY; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EAR OSSICLES; EAR, MIDDLE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GERBILLINAE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIGAMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STAPEDIUS; TENSOR TYMPANI; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84855716976     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: 14387573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-011-0281-4     Document Type: Article

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