Measuring Thickness of Middle Ear Mucosa Using MRI and CT Imaging versus Histopathology

Figure 2

Imaging results compared by treatment group. Under the T2-weighted MRI produced images of MT that appear bright white for both right and left inferior bullae, whereas the dark space represents bone and/or air. The CT images were made for either the right or left bullae, with the bottom quadrant was targeted to match the MRI area that was measured. In the CT imaging, white represents moist MT. In the third column, histology images are presented, where MT demarcation is indicated by the arrow, and the bright pink outside the arrow bounds represents bone.