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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Laryngoscope. 2011 Nov;121(11):2449–2454. doi: 10.1002/lary.22189

Figure 3.

Figure 3

An axial microCT scan of a gerbil head with induced cholesteatoma demonstrating morphometric measures. The area of bone resorption was determined by the length of remaining bone in a standardized box. The area occupied by the cholesteatoma was determined by the area of soft tissue (radio-opaque) divided by the area of soft tissue plus area of gas (radiolucent)