In Vivo Estimates of the Position of Advanced Bionics Electrode Arrays in the Human Cochlea

From: The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology | Date: April 1, 2007| Author: Et al; Holden, Timothy A; Voie, Arne H; Whiting, Bruce R; Skinner, Margaret W | Copyright information

Objectives: A new technique for determining the position of each electrode in the cochlea is described and applied to spiral computed tomography data from 15 patients implanted with Advanced Bionics HiFocus I, Ij, or Helix arrays.

Methods: ANALYZE imaging software was used to register 3-dimensional image volumes from patients' preoperative and postoperative scans and from a single body donor whose unimplanted ears were scanned clinically, with micro computed tomography and with orthogo...

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