Three-Dimensional Modelling of the Middle-Ear Ossicular Chain Using a Commercial High-Resolution X-Ray CT Scanner
- 1 June 2003
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology
- Vol. 4 (2) , 250-263
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10162-002-3030-x
Abstract
The quantitative measurement of the three-dimensional (3-D) anatomy of the ear is of great importance in the making of teaching models and the design of mathematical models of parts of the ear, and also for the interpretation and presentation of experimental results. This article describes how we used virtual sections from a commercial high-resolution X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanner to make realistic 3-D anatomical models for various applications in our middle-ear research. The important problem of registration of the 3-D model within the experimental reference frame is discussed. The commercial X-ray CT apparatus is also compared with X-ray CT using synchrotron radiation, with magnetic resonance microscopy, with fluorescence optical sectioning, and with physical (histological) serial sections.Keywords
This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
- Virtual temporal bone: Creation and application of a new computer‐based teaching toolOtolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery, 2000
- Desktop X-ray microscopy and microtomography.1998
- A VRML-based anatomical visualization tool for medical educationIEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, 1998
- Automated Image Registration: I. General Methods and Intrasubject, Intramodality ValidationJournal of Computer Assisted Tomography, 1998
- Watershed-based segmentation of 3D MR data for volume quantizationMagnetic Resonance Imaging, 1996
- Deformable templates using large deformation kinematicsIEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 1996
- Three-dimensional reconstruction of the cochlea from two-dimensional images of optical sectionsComputerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, 1995
- Imaging the cochlea by magnetic resonance microscopyHearing Research, 1994
- Orthogonal‐plane fluorescence optical sectioning: Three‐dimensional imaging of macroscopic biological specimensJournal of Microscopy, 1993
- On the degree of rigidity of the manubrium in a finite-element model of the cat eardrumThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1992