High resolution micro-CT scanning as an innovatory tool for evaluation of the surgical positioning of cochlear implant electrodes

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 467-474

  Postnov, A ^a   Zarowski, A ^a   De Clerck, N ^a   Vanpoucke, F ^b   Offeciers, F E ^a   Van Dyck, D ^a   Peeters, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ADVANCED BIONICS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; Insertion trauma; Micro CT; Surgical trauma; Three dimensional imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL BONE; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

ARTIFACTS; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSURGERY; SCALA TYMPANI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33646512447     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480500437377     Document Type: Article

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