title: A preliminary study of three-dimensional reconstruction of the human osseous labyrinth from micro-computed tomography scans.
abstract: The adult human temporal bone was investigated using micro-CT scans. Various aspects of the osseous labyrinth were presented in figures which are effect of the volume rendering. The 3D reconstructions were performed to visualize the cochlea and the semicircular canals embedded in the petrous bone. The final product of this study was a digital three-dimensional model of the entire osseous labyrinth which can be viewed at different angles on the computer screen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum ul. Kopernika 12, Cracow, Poland. jwalocha@poczta.onet.pl
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skrzat
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wróbel
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Walocha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003051:Cochlea / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D010579:Petrous Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012665:Semicircular Canals / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D055114:X-Ray Microtomography / Q000379:methods*