Designed primarily for clinical use, this very well-illustrated text considers the external auditory canal, middle east and mastoid air cells, facial nerve and inner ear along with the temporal bone. The contributors, most of whom hail from the U. of Michigan Medical School, begin by describing basic anatomy of the structures and the consequences in MRI and CT imaging. In over 50 more articles they explain imagery in such cases as external otitis, exotoses, carcinomas and melanomas, ossicular malformations, meningiomas, metastasis of the middle ear and mastoid, inner ear and petrous bone conditions such as epidermids and petreous apictis, trauma and fractures, the postoperative ear, and such conditions as Paget's Disease, Lymphoma and fibrous dysplasia. The images include comprehensive captions and call-outs and the contributors include a set of full-color plates. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)