A novel semi-automatic measurement of the semicircular canals of the human bony labyrinth
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F21%3A00121859" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/21:00121859 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.26720/anthro.20.05.11.1" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.26720/anthro.20.05.11.1</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.26720/anthro.20.05.11.1" target="_blank" >10.26720/anthro.20.05.11.1</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A novel semi-automatic measurement of the semicircular canals of the human bony labyrinth
Original language description
The bony labyrinth is an inner ear structure located inside the pyramid of the temporal bone. In skeletal or skeletonized human remains, the region exhibits a remarkably high resistance against a variety of taphonomic factors. A substantial amount of work has been carried out in many scientific domains assessing morphological variations of the bony labyrinth. However, the results of these studies are inconsistent with each other, so researchers remain unable to definitively confirm or reject size and shape dependencies of the bony labyrinth on factors such sex or age. Inadequate methodology and the invasiveness of existing approaches are frequently cited as reasons for these ambiguous results. This paper proposes a new semiautomatic PC-aided approach for quantifying the semicircular canals of the bony labyrinth using CT-generated three-dimensional digital models. A new measurement protocol was established on a sample of 163 bony labyrinths using a step-wise elimination procedure and semi-automatic computerassisted tools. The procedure finally selected as most effective included 39 measurements, which were employed to explore age, sex or side-to-side differences in the shape and size of the semicircular canals. The results exhibit very few sex-related and body-side-specific differences. However, statistically significant differences were observed between subadults and adults, particularly in the canal lumens of the lateral and posterior semicircular canals, where larger values were detected for the adults. This paper presents a novel innovative approach for quantifying the semicircular canals of the bony labyrinth, with the aim of regularizing the methodological pool in this line of research.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10700 - Other natural sciences
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Anthropologie: International Journal of Human Diversity and Evolution
ISSN
0323-1119
e-ISSN
2570-9127
Volume of the periodical
59
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
23-34
UT code for WoS article
000687650200003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85102319246