title: The thin sectional anatomy of the temporal bone correlated with multislice spiral CT.
abstract: The aim of this study was to explore the method for obtaining the thin sectional anatomy data of the adult temporal bone and study the fine structures using this method. Three fresh adult cadaveric heads were scanned with multi-slice computer tomography (MSCT) centered on petrous bones. The CT images of 0.6 mm were obtained by multi-planar reformation (MPR). The slices of 0.1 mm were shaved off the specimen in the axial direction with the numerical control milling machine after being embedded and frozen, pictures of which were taken by the digital camera and saved in the computer. The thin axial sectional anatomic structures of the intra-temporal were investigated and correlated with MPR images. Via the comparison, fifty micro-anatomic structures of the temporal bone that can't be delineated clearly or missed in the thick sections were evaluated. The anatomical details of the temporal bone can be clearly delineated in MSCT in sub-millimeter and were identical to those in sectional anatomy images. This method can supply anatomical details that had been missed or overlooked for imaging diagnosis and surgical anatomy.
authors.affiliation: Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China. zhenjunping04@sohu.com
authors.forename: Junping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhen
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Shaoyu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shuwei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jingzhen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Haisong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed