Anatomic verification of a novel method for precise intrascalar localization of cochlear implant electrodes in adult temporal bones using clinically available computed tomography

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2277-2283

  Schuman, Theodore A ^a   Noble, Jack H ^b   Wright, Charles G ^c   Wanna, George B ^a   Dawant, Benoit ^b   Labadie, Robert F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atlas based registration; Cochlear implants; computerized tomography; scala tympani; scala vestibuli

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CADAVER; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICRODISSECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SCALA TYMPANI; SCALA VESTIBULI; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPORAL BONE; TISSUE MICROARRAY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CADAVER; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78349299387     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.21104     Document Type: Article

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