Seeger J F
Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 1984 Aug;17(3):459-82.
Newer imaging modalities, especially high resolution computed tomographic scanning, have radically altered and expanded the role of radiology in the evaluation and management of lesions affecting the skull base. The location, extent, and tissue characteristics of these lesions can be determined with greater precision than ever before. When necessary, diagnostic and therapeutic angiography can be performed more rapidly and more safely with digital subtraction techniques. In the near future magnetic resonance imaging may prove to be an even more precise imaging tool than computed tomography. Magnetic resonance studies may also determine physiologic and biochemical properties of lesions that are not possible to evaluate with any other techniques.
更新的成像方式，尤其是高分辨率计算机断层扫描，已经从根本上改变并扩展了放射学在评估和处理影响颅底病变中的作用。这些病变的位置、范围和组织特征能够以比以往更高的精度得以确定。必要时，利用数字减影技术可更快速、更安全地进行诊断性和治疗性血管造影。在不久的将来，磁共振成像可能会被证明是一种比计算机断层扫描更为精确的成像工具。磁共振研究还可能确定用任何其他技术都无法评估的病变的生理和生化特性。
