Modelling encapsulation tissue around cochlear implant electrodes

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-55

  Hanekom, Tania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; Fibrous scar tissue; Finite element model; Neural excitation patterns; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROLOGY; TISSUE;

AUDITORY NERVE FIBER MODELS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRODE CONTACTS; THRESHOLD CURRENTS;

ENCAPSULATION;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CALCULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COCHLEA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL PARAMETERS; ELECTRODE; ENCAPSULATION; GEOMETRY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; PERILYMPH; SCAR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CICATRIX; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COCHLEAR NERVE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 14044250217     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02345122     Document Type: Article

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