Magnetic Resonance Image of the Human Temporal Bone

Abstract

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has the potential to show normal anatomy and pathological changes in many of the body's organ systems. As with all imaging techniques, precise knowledge of the normal anatomy of a region is indispensable to diagnose disease states. In this study, human temporal bone blocks were studied with both MRI and light microscopy. All turns of the cochlea and the basement membranes of each turn were identified successfully with MRI. Part of the horizontal semicircular duct was also depicted with MRI.