Variations in microanatomy of the human cochlea

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 522, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 3245-3261

  Avci, Ersin ^a   Nauwelaers, Tim ^b   Lenarz, Thomas ^a   Hamacher, Volkmar ^b   Kral, Andrej ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Advanced Bionics GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Hearing preservation; Individualized therapy; Scala tympani; CT

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALA TYMPANI; TEMPORAL BONE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING;

COCHLEA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCALA TYMPANI; TEMPORAL BONE; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84904581472     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23594     Document Type: Article

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