These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: The virtual temporal bone.
    Author: Mason TP, Applebaum EL, Rasmussen M, Millman A, Evenhouse R, Panko W.
    Journal: Stud Health Technol Inform; 1998; 50():346-52. PubMed ID: 10180566.
    Abstract:
    The human temporal bone is a 3-dimensionally complex portion of the skull that contains delicate and vital anatomic structures imbedded within dense bone. Current teaching tools have proven to be only marginally adequate for the needs of the aspiring otologic surgeon in learning this anatomy. A variety of image processing and reconstruction techniques were used to reconstruct an anatomically accurate 3-dimensional model of the human temporal bone from serial histologic sections. Using CAVE technology, the model can be manipulated in a stereoscopic virtual environment so that it can be studied from any viewpoint, greatly simplifying the task of learning this anatomy. Applications in surgical planning and Internet based teaching are discussed.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]