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Plastination and computerized 3D reconstruction of the temporal bone.
Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Clinical Anatomy (impact factor:
1.29).
08/2003;
16(4):300-3.
DOI:10.1002/ca.10076
Source: PubMed
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ABSTRACT: To develop a three-dimensional (3-D) virtual model of a human temporal bone and surrounding structures. A fresh-frozen human temporal bone was serially sectioned and digital images of the surface of the tissue block were recorded (the 'Visible Ear'). The image stack was resampled at a final resolution of 50 x 50 x 50/100 micro m/voxel, registered in custom software and segmented in PhotoShop 7.0. The segmented image layers were imported into Amira 3.1 to generate smooth polygonal surface models. The 3-D virtual model presents the structures of the middle, inner and outer ears in their surgically relevant surroundings. It is packaged within a cross-platform freeware, which allows for full rotation, visibility and transparency control, as well as the ability to slice the 3-D model open at any section. The appropriate raw image can be superimposed on the cleavage plane. The model can be downloaded at: (https://research.meei.harvard.edu/Otopathology/3dmodels/).ORL 02/2007; 69(2):63-7. · 0.91 Impact Factor -
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Article: Three-dimensional virtual model of the human temporal bone: a stand-alone, downloadable teaching tool.
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ABSTRACT: To develop a three-dimensional virtual model of a human temporal bone based on serial histologic sections. The three-dimensional anatomy of the human temporal bone is complex, and learning it is a challenge for students in basic science and in clinical medicine. Every fifth histologic section from a normal 14-year-old male was digitized and imported into a general purpose three-dimensional rendering and analysis software package called Amira (version 3.1). The sections were aligned, and anatomic structures of interest were segmented. The three-dimensional model is a surface rendering of these structures of interest, which currently includes the bone and air spaces of the temporal bone; the perilymph and endolymph spaces; the sensory epithelia of the cochlear and vestibular labyrinths; the ossicles and tympanic membrane; the middle ear muscles; the carotid artery; and the cochlear, vestibular, and facial nerves. For each structure, the surface transparency can be individually controlled, thereby revealing the three-dimensional relations between surface landmarks and underlying structures. The three-dimensional surface model can also be "sliced open" at any section and the appropriate raw histologic image superimposed on the cleavage plane. The image stack can also be resectioned in any arbitrary plane. This model is a powerful teaching tool for learning the complex anatomy of the human temporal bone and for relating the two-dimensional morphology seen in a histologic section to the three-dimensional anatomy. The model can be downloaded from the Eaton-Peabody Laboratory web site, packaged within a cross-platform freeware three-dimensional viewer, which allows full rotation and transparency control.Ontology & Neurotology 07/2006; 27(4):452-7. · 1.90 Impact Factor
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Keywords
computerized 3D reconstruction
Contour-Marching Cubes algorithm
equidistant serial thin sections
intratemporal structures
new surgical approach
otologic surgeons
reconstructed model
reconstructed structures
resident education
skull base
spatial relationships
surgical angles
temporal bone
