In Vivo Estimates of the Position of Advanced Bionics Electrode Arrays in the Human Cochlea

Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 2-24

  Skinner, Margaret W ^a   Holden, Timothy A ^a   Whiting, Bruce R ^b   Voie, Arne H ^c   Brunsden, Barry ^b   Neely, J Gail ^a   Saxon, Eugene A ^c   Hullar, Timothy E ^a   Finley, Charles C ^d  

^a Departments of Otolaryngologyâ Head and Neck Surgery   (United States)

^b Departments of and Radiology   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cochlear implant; electrode array; image volume registration; spiral computed tomography; three dimensional reconstruction; word recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BIONICS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; ORTHOGONAL PLANE FLUORESCENCE OPTICAL SECTIONING MICROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447310854     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: 19433572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940711600401     Document Type: Article

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