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ArticleAmerican journal of translational research2018

Inner ear structure of miniature pigs measured by multi-planar reconstruction techniques.

Ling-Ling Zhong, Yan Zhang, Xiao-Jie Liang, Kun Hou, Jia-Wei Han, Fang-Yuan Wang, Qing-Qing Hao, Qing-Qing Jiang, Ning Yu, Wei-Wei Guo and 1 more

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Article in American journal of translational research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ling-Ling ZhongDepartment of Otolayngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Institute of Otolaryngology of PLA, Chinese PLA General HospitalBeijing 100853, P. R. China.
Yan ZhangDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin UniversityChangchun 130021, Jilin, P. R. China.
Xiao-Jie LiangDepartment of Otolaryngeal-Head Neck Surgery, The Army General Hospita of PLABeijing 100700, P. R. China.
Kun HouDepartment of Otolayngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Institute of Otolaryngology of PLA, Chinese PLA General HospitalBeijing 100853, P. R. China.
Jia-Wei HanDepartment of Otolayngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Institute of Otolaryngology of PLA, Chinese PLA General HospitalBeijing 100853, P. R. China.
Fang-Yuan WangDepartment of Otolayngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Institute of Otolaryngology of PLA, Chinese PLA General HospitalBeijing 100853, P. R. China.
Qing-Qing HaoDepartment of Otolayngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Institute of Otolaryngology of PLA, Chinese PLA General HospitalBeijing 100853, P. R. China.
Qing-Qing JiangDepartment of Otolayngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Institute of Otolaryngology of PLA, Chinese PLA General HospitalBeijing 100853, P. R. China.
Ning YuDepartment of Otolayngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Institute of Otolaryngology of PLA, Chinese PLA General HospitalBeijing 100853, P. R. China.
Wei-Wei GuoDepartment of Otolayngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Institute of Otolaryngology of PLA, Chinese PLA General HospitalBeijing 100853, P. R. China.
Shi-Ming YangDepartment of Otolayngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Institute of Otolaryngology of PLA, Chinese PLA General HospitalBeijing 100853, P. R. China.
Chinese PLA General Hospital · CNJilin University · CNThe Military General Hospital of Beijing PLA · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To study the structures of the scala vestibuli and tympani of miniature pigs in order to evaluate the feasibility of using miniature pigs as the animal model for cochlear implant. The temporal bones of three miniature pigs with normal hearing were scanned by micro-CT. With the aid of the Mimics software, we reconstructed the 3D structure of inner ear basing on the serial images of the miniature pig, and obtained dimensions of the scala vestibuli and tympani with multi-planar reconstruction (MPR) technique. The constructed slicing images displayed the fine structures of the cochlea. The results of our study showed that the cross-sectional areas of the scala tympani were greatest at 2.67 ± 0.90 mm

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cochleacochlear implantimage processinginner earMiniature pigMPRtomography X-ray computed

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PMID29636861
PMCPMC5883112
OpenAlexW2955508658

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