简介：Enlargedvestibularaqueduct(EVA),themostfrequentidentifiablecauseofcongenitalhearingloss,isevaluatedwithhigh-definitionmultidetectorCTintheaxialplane.OurpurposewastodeterminewhichreformattedCTmeasurementsaremostreproducible.Sevenmultiplanarreformattedimageswerecreatedforeachofthe64temporalbonesinpatientswithEVA.Intraclasscorrelationcoefficients(ICC)wereusedtoassessinter-observervariability,andbothlinearregressionandROCanalyseswereusedtocomparethemeasurementswithseverityofhearingloss,asassessedbypuretoneaudiometry.Allsevenmeasurementshadexcellentinter-observervariability,withaverage-measureICCrangingfrom0.92to0.98.Therewasnostatisticallysignificantcorrelationbetweentheradiologicdegreeofaqueductenlargementandseverityofhearinglossusinganyofthesevenmeasurements;ROCanalysesrevealedareasunderthecurvesrangingfrom0.57to0.73.Optimalaccuracywasobtainedwithathresholdof1.75mmasmeasuredattheaqueductalapertureintheP€oschlplane,withsensitivityof0.75andspecificityof0.63.AlthoughtheradiologicmeasurementmaynotserveasareliabletoolforassessingseverityofEVA,P€oschlplanereformattinghasproventobebetterthanconventionalaxialacquisitionplaneforidentifyingpatientswithclinicallysignificanthearingloss.

简介：Aim:Toassessthequalityofhigh-resolutionCTsectionplanes(HRCT),multi-planarreformation(MPR)and3-dimensionalvolumerenderedcomputertomography(3D-CTVR)werehereusedinthefinedifferentialdiagnosisofossicularchaininthecaseofconductivehearinglosswithintacttympanicmembrane.Methods:Here,17casesofotosclerosisand22casesofossicularchaindeformitywereselected.Allpatientshadnormalexternalearcanals,intacttympanicmembranes,conductivehearingloss,typeAtympanograms,andnegativeGelle'stests.Therespectiveradiologicalreportsofthestatusoftheossiclesvia3protocolswerecomparedtosurgicalfindings.Thequantitativeassessmentsoftherepresentationofdifferentsegmentsoftheossicularchainwerebasedona3-pointscoringsystem.Results:MPRandCTVRimagingbothshowedtheintegrityofwholeossicularchainwell.MPRandCTVRimagingwerefoundtobesuperiortosectionplaneswithrespecttoshowingthesuperstructureofthestapesandmalformations(P>0.05).Conclusion:CTVRandMPRimagingwerefoundtobebetterabletoshowthewholeossicularchainintheconductivehearinglosswithnormaltympanicmembranes.Furthermore,theuseofthesetechniquescanhaveprofoundcontributivevalueinthedifferentialdiagnosisofotosclerosisandossicularchainabsenceormalformation.