文档介绍：Clinical Radiology (2003) 58: 681–686
doi:-9260(03)00209-5, available online at
Pictorial Review
Computed Tomography Imaging of the Temporal
Bone—Normal Anatomy
A. T. AHUJA*,*,*, V. YUE‡, A. C. VAN HASSELT†
Departments of *Diagnostic Radiology an Imaging, †Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince
of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories; and ‡Otorhinolaryngology, United Christian Hospital, Kwun Tong,
Kowloon, HKSAR, China
Received: 22 January 2003 Revised: 11 April 2003 Accepted: 14 April 2003
This review describes the fundamental anatomical structures of the temporal bone as depicted on
high-puted tomography, and the clinical significance of these structures. It is not an
encyclopaedic atlas, but provides the junior radiology/otorhinolaryngology resident with sufficient
knowledge for interpretation of most of the imaging studies encountered in daily clinical practice.
Ahuja, A. T. et al. (2003). Clinical Radiology 58: 681–686.
q 2003 The Royal College of Radiologists. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Key words: temporal bone, anatomy.
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