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Magnetic resonance imaging of cochlear modiolus: determination of mid-modiolar area and modiolar volume

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2006

Tuba Karagülle Kendi
Affiliation:
Center for MR Research, University of Minnesota, Radiology Department, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Osman Kürsat Arikan
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Kinkkale University School of Medicine, Suleyman Demirel Hospital, Kinkkale, Turkey.
Can Koç
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Kinkkale University School of Medicine, Suleyman Demirel Hospital, Kinkkale, Turkey.

Abstract

Modiolar deficiency has been reported as representing the mildest form of cochlear dysplasia. In this study the authors aimed to determine baseline values of the mid-modiolar area and modiolus volume in normal subjects. In this way they aimed to improve the detection of previously underdiagnosed subtle cochlear dysplasia in patients with sensorineural hearing loss.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2004 Royal Society of Medicine Press

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