Learning temporal bone microanatomy is one of an otolaryngology (ear, nose, and throat) resident's most important and problematic tasks. The authors present a new method for generating and reconstructing 3D temporal bone models and their applications in stereoscopic virtual environments. The virtual laboratory and its associated software can run on ordinary personal computers.
Index Terms:
virtual laboratory, temporal bone, otolaryngology, medical models
Citation:
Pei-Dong Dai, Tian-Yu Zhang, Zheng-Min Wang, Jim X. Chen, Ke-Qiang Wang, "A Virtual Laboratory for Temporal Bone Microanatomy," Computing in Science and Engineering, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 75-79, Mar./Apr. 2005, doi:10.1109/MCSE.2005.25