Magnetic resonance microimaging in the measurement of the ossicular chain for finite element modelling [in prosthesis design]

Finite element analysis is being used to conduct vibrational studies on different configurations of physiological ossicular chain reconstruction, for experimental evaluation. In this work, magnetic resonance microimaging (MRM) has been used to measure and obtain the geometry of the ossicles for the finite element model. The techniques used to measure and construct the finite element model are described.