Temporal Bone CT and MRI Anatomy

220 Pages·2014·46 MB·English

Jan Kopřiva
Jan Žižka
Temporal Bone CT
and MRI Anatomy
A Guide to
3D Volumetric
Acquisitions
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Temporal Bone CT and MRI Anatomy

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Jan Kop iva (cid:129) Jan Žižka
Temporal Bone CT
and MRI Anatomy
A Guide to 3D Volumetric Acquisitions
Jan Kopřiva, MD
Department of Radiology
University Hospital Hradec Králové
Hradec Králové
Czech Republic
Jan Žižka, MD, PhD
Department of Radiology
University Hospital Hradec Králové
Charles University in Prague
Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové
Hradec Králové
Czech Republic
ISBN 978-3-319-08241-7 ISBN 978-3-319-08242-4 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-08242-4
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Foreword
U nderstanding the anatomy of the temporal bone has always been, is and will be a
diffi cult task for doctors of various specialities: radiology, otorhinolaryngology,
neurosurgery or anatomy.
Temporal Bone CT and MRI Anatomy by Jan Kopřiva and Jan Žižka is a compre-
hensive atlas of radiological anatomy of the temporal bone. All important anatomi-
cal structures of the temporal bone are didactically and precisely labeled in three
standard planes of view.
I personally recommend a thorough survey of the black-and-white images within
this CT and MRI atlas to every doctor who is interested in the given fi eld. The pre-
sented knowledge forms a mere basic cornerstone in gradually acquired experience
in clinical CT and MRI of the temporal bone.
This atlas may aid in promoting consultations and discussions between radiolo-
gists and otologists, as only two pairs of eyes and two individual brains lead to true
understanding of the complicated beauty of the temporal bone where the black-and-
white radiologist’s view turns into a colourful clinical picture of the correctly diag-
nosed disorder.
Hradec Králové , Czech Republic Viktor Chrobok , MD, PhD

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Pref ace
A few years ago, I was asked by Professor Viktor Chrobok, the head of the
Department of Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Hradec Králové, to
prepare an educational material on temporal bone anatomy. At that time, I could
hardly anticipate how much the temporal bone will infl uence my life. The temporal
bone – feared by so many students of anatomy as well as residents of radiology or
head and neck surgery; their companion during sleepless nights spent over the
a natomy textbooks; the most complex and diffi cult to understand bone of the human
body.
There is no doubt that knowledge of anatomy is the fundamental prerequisite to
proper diagnosis making. I was happy enough to gain my applied anatomy skills
during my professional 2-year fellowship at the Department of Anatomy at the
Charles University Medical School in Hradec Králové. I took the opportunity to
deepen my knowledge of the spatial arrangement of the middle ear during the tem-
poral bone preparative courses led by Prof. Viktor Chrobok. Later on when I (already
as a radiology resident) focused my professional interest on the details of the tem-
poral bone CT anatomy, I simply did not fi nd a textbook which would cover this
topic in its full complexity. And this, in fact, turned out to be the key issue in the
inception of this atlas.
Hradec Králové, Czech Republic Jan Kopřiva , MD
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Sco pe
It is an indisputable fact that knowledge of anatomy is one of the cornerstones of
clinical medicine. Nowadays, with the advancement of microsurgical techniques
and state-of-the-art imaging modalities, this applies to surgical specialities as well
as to radiology more than ever. Familiarity with the key anatomical structures and
their basic topographic relationships is necessary for the effective use of this atlas,
which does not aspire to be a fundamental source of information for medical stu-
dents. That is, among other things, why we have not included currently so popular
and visually impressive 3D reconstructions, mostly suitable for demonstration of
the surface anatomy of the temporal bone: this topic is extensively covered by
respective textbooks and atlases.
Our major goal is to provide the reader with the detailed temporal bone imaging
anatomy in the same way as it is routinely displayed on contemporary DICOM
viewing consoles, i.e. as a series of consecutive sub-millimetre sections in standard-
ized orientation.
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