Michael Hofer1, Bernhard Neumayer2, Markus Gugatschka3, Philipp Juergens4, Rudolf Stollberger2, Erich Sorantin5, Franz Ebner5, Gerhard Friedrich3, Claudio Storck6
1Institute of Medical Engineering, Graz University of Technology , Graz, Austria; 2Institute of Medical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria; 3Department of Phoniatrics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria; 4Department of Craniomaxillary Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland; 5Department of Radiology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria; 6Department of Phoniatry, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Functional biomechanics of laryngeal cartilages and soft tissues is difficult to visualize by MRI and CT. The aim of the study was to visualize and compare skeletal structures and soft tissues in detail by MRI and CT. 20 human cadaveric larynges were examined by MRI and CT and visualized by post-process imaging software. In all 20 human cadaveric larynges, the laryngeal cartilages could be visualized clearly. The assessment of the thyroid and cricoid is dependent of the ossification. The ossification of the hyaline cartilages increases with advanced age where male larynges ossify more than female larynges.