Visualization of Human Vestibular Aqueduct with Computeraided Serial Section Reconstruction System

Ryusuke Saito Department of Otolaryngology, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan

Takuya Ohmichi Department of Otolaryngology, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan

Sawako Hayashi Department of Otolaryngology, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan

Masaaki Fujimoto Department of Otolaryngology, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan

Manabu Maeta Department of Otolaryngology, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan

Yoshio Ogura Department of Otolaryngology, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan

Akio Kikuta Department of 2nd Anatomy, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan

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Abstract

The computer-aided serial section reconstruction system (SERSERS) was employed to elucidate the entire configuration of the vestibular aqueduct in the human temporal bone. The advantages and the disadvantages of this system are discussed in comparison with several conventional methods such as X-ray visualization, plastic casting and graphic reconstruction. In spite of some limitations encountered, such as difficulty in placing a marker on each section or time consumption in data input, SERSERS can be useful in the study of the vestibular aqueduct, since a three-dimensional structure which can be observed from multidirectional aspects is reconstructed.

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