A Morphometric Study of the Semicircular Canals Using Micro-CT Images in Three-Dimensional Reconstruction

Anatomical Record

Volumn 296, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 834-839

  Lee, Ju Young ^a   Shin, Kang Jae ^a   Kim, Jeong Nam ^a   Yoo, Ja Young ^a   Song, Wu Chul ^a   Koh, Ki Seok ^a  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Inner ear; Micro CT; Semicircular canals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; IMAGE QUALITY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; TEMPORAL BONE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876482794     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22664     Document Type: Article

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