title: High resolution computed tomography of auditory ossicles.
abstract: Auditory ossicular sections were scanned at section thicknesses (mm)/section interspaces (mm) of 1.5/1.5 (61 patients), 1.0/1.0 (13 patients) or 1.5/1.0 (33 patients). At any type of section thickness/interspace, the malleal and incudal structures were observed with almost equal frequency. The region of the incudostapedial joint and each component part of the stapes were shown more frequently at a section interspace of 1.0 mm than at 1.5 mm. The visualization frequency of each auditory ossicular component on two or more serial sections was investigated. At a section thickness/section interspace of 1.5/1.5, the visualization rates were low except for large components such as the head of the malleus and the body of the incus, but at a slice interspace of 1.0 mm, they were high for most components of the auditory ossicles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Isono
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ishida
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004429:Ear Ossicles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*