title: [Useful imaging of the ear].
abstract: Good anatomical knowledge is necessary to make an effective diagnosis in ear pathology. The purpose of this article is to summarize the main landmarks of the ear. Anatomic definitions of the external ear, middle ear, and bony labyrinth are described on routine spiral CT, and the anatomic definition of the membranous labyrinth and the cochleovestibular nerve on MRI is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Imagerie Médicale, Fondation Ophtalmologiste Rosthchild, 25, rue Manin, 75019 Paris, France. calaeddine@free.fr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ala Eddine
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ayache
mesh_terms: D001306:Auditory Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D003051:Cochlea / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D004423:Ear / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004429:Ear Ossicles / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004431:Ear, External / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010046:Oval Window, Ear / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010579:Petrous Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D000159:Vestibulocochlear Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology