Experimental investigation of rotational tomography in reconstructed middle ears with clinical implications

Hearing Research

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 191-197

  Offergeld, Christian ^a   Kromeier, Jan ^b   Merchant, Saumil N ^c   Lasurashvili, Nicoloz ^d   Neudert, Marcus ^d   Bornitz, Matthias ^d   Laszig, Roland ^a   Zahnert, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b St Josef's Hospital   (Germany)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Imaging; Inclination angle; Middle ear; Prostheses; Rotational tomography; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER DOPPLER VIBROMETRY; MALLEUS; MIDDLE EAR PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE EAR RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATIONAL TOMOGRAPHY; SOUND TRANSMISSION; STAPES; TEMPORAL BONE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ARTIFACTS; CADAVER; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OSSICULAR PROSTHESIS; OSSICULAR REPLACEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ROTATION; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY; VIBRATION;

EID: 77952581691     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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