Preoperative imaging protocol for cochlear implant candidates

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1028-1032

  Bettman, R H R ^a,b   Van Olphen, A F ^a   Zonneveld, F W ^a   Huizing, E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ST JANSDAL HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cochlear implantation; CT; Multiplanar reformat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL BONE;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR NERVE; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 8744309161     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480410018007     Document Type: Article

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