In this investigation the following anatomical measurements of the petrous bone preceding cochlear implant were evaluated using computed tomography (CT): the width of the basal coil of the cochlea, the thickness of the promontory, the distance between the sigmoid sinus and the posterior wall of the external auditory canal and the thickness of the squamous part of the temporal bone in the area of operation. Initially it was necessary to ascertain how accurately CT represents the anatomical structures of the petrous bone. The procedure of CT investigation in adult patients was simulated using the base of a skull. The CT plane in which the above mentioned measurements preceding cochlear implant can be made was represented and measurements were taken. Subsequently the same plane in CT was represented macroscopically with a specially developed method. The results show that anatomical structures measured in CT are magnified by 5% in contrast to the original. This magnification is presumably attributable to the computing of connective tissue which is adjacent to bone and the incapacity of CT to image structures of different density in the same voxel. In the second part of this investigation we evaluated 66 preoperative CT's of patients who were given a cochlear implant. The results must be adjusted by 5% to allow for this error in magnification. In conclusion a preoperative radiologic evaluation of the anatomical structures relevant to cochlear implant is without doubt tenable. Also the negligible difference between CT and the anatomical original requires no operative consequences. Because cochleostomy is carried out with a diamond burr of 1 mm diameter, a tenth of a millimeter is negligible according to our experience.
Eine Methode zur Darstellung von Computertomogrammen und dazu korrelierenden NativschichtenZusammenfassung. Im Rahmen unserer radiologischen Untersuchungen des Felsenbeins vor Cochlear-lmplant-Operation entwickelten wir eine bisher nicht beschriebene Methode zur Erstellung ron Nativschichten des nicht entkalzifizierten Felsenbeins, das vorher computertomographisch untersucht wurde. Die Problematik bestand in der • tragung der Scanebene des CT auf den S~igevorgang, um die korrelierenden Nativschichten darzustellen. Es war notwendig, eine Beziehung herzustellen zwischen der CT als bildgebendem Verfahren und des in diesem Rahmen benutzten Trennschleifsystems (Bandsystem) als Verfahren zur Erstellung der Nativschichten. Zur • der Scanebene des CT auf den Sfigevorgang wurde ein eigens dafª konstruiertes winkelverstellbares Gelenk benutzt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, daB mit Hilfe dieser Methode die Scanebene auf den S 91 ª werden kann. Dies wird besonders dann deutlich, wenn ein quantifizierender Vergleich der CT mit den korrelierenden Nativpr~iparaten erfolgen soll. Details, wie beispielsweise die kn6chernen Septen des Mastoids oder der Sinus tympanicus, sind auf beiden Darstellungsweisen nahezu identisch. Aufgrund des Gewebeverlustes beim Stigevorgang betr~igt die Abweichung der Nativschichten voto entsprechenden CT jeweils 2,2%. Darª hinaus l› sich diese Methode in jedem anderen Bereich anwenden, wo komplizierte anatomische Verh'~ittnisse vorliegen und CT-Aufnahrnen korrelierenden Nativschichten zugeordnet werden sollen.A Method for the Correlated Study of Undecalcified Petrous Bone Slices to Computed Tomographic Images Summary. To perform comparative anatomic and radiologic investigations of the petrous bone we designed a new mcthod to represent macroscopic slices of the petrous bone which ate correlated to their CT images. The nature of the problem consisted in the transfer of the CT scan plane to the sawing process in order to create the macroscopic correlation. Therefore an interconnecting device between CT, as an image producing process, and a diamond wire saw, whicb we used to produce macroscopic slices, has been constructed. The CT scan plane was transfered by the use of an angle adjustable
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