Imaging of cochlear implant electrode array with flat-detector CT and conventional multislice CT: Comparison of image quality and radiation dose

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 443-452

  Struffert, Tobias ^a   Hertel, Victoria ^a   Kyriakou, Yannis ^a   Krause, Jens ^a   Engelhorn, Tobias ^a   Schick, Bernhard ^b   Iro, Heinrich ^a   Hornung, Joachim ^a   Doerfler, Arnd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Computed tomography; Flat detector computed tomography; Multisclice computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAT DETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 77950245851     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016480903292700     Document Type: Article

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