Magnetic resonance imaging versus computed tomography in pre-operative evaluation of cochlear implant candidates with congenital hearing loss

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 804-810

  Sennaroglu, Levent ^a   Saatci, Isil ^a   Aralasmak, Ayse ^a   Gursel, Bulent ^a   Turan, Ergin ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cochlear Implants; Cochlear Nerve; Hearing Loss; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Sensorineural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE MALFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COCHLEAR NERVE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036793285     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/00222150260293619     Document Type: Article

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