A Proposed Method for Accurate 3D Analysis of Cochlear Implant Migration Using Fusion of Cone Beam CT.
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SUBMITTER: Dees G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4725264 | biostudies-literature | 2016
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A Proposed Method for Accurate 3D Analysis of Cochlear Implant Migration Using Fusion of Cone Beam CT.
Dees Guido G van Hoof Marc M Stokroos Robert R
Frontiers in surgery 20160125
<h4>Introduction</h4>The goal of this investigation was to compare fusion of sequential cone beam computerized tomography (CT) volumes to the gold standard (fiducial registration) in order to be able to analyze clinical cochlear implant (CI) migration with high accuracy in three dimensions.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Paired cone beam CT volumes were performed on five human cadaver temporal bones and one human subject. These volumes were fused using 3D Slicer 4 and BRAINSFit software. Using a g ...[more]
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