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Patient specific selection of cochlear implants would benefit from pre-operative knowledge of cochlear length. Several methods for its measurement or estimation have been described in literature. This study fo...
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Visualization, measurement and modelling of the cochlea using rotating midmodiolar slice planes
Cross-sectional visualization of anatomical structures in DICOM viewers is usually presented in parallel slices. For visualizing the inner ear, this concept is unfavourable due to the spiral shape of the cochl...
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Configuration optimization and experimental accuracy evaluation of a bone-attached, parallel robot for skull surgery
Minimally invasive cochlear implantation is a novel surgical technique which requires highly accurate guidance of a drilling tool along a trajectory from the mastoid surface toward the basal turn of the cochle...
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An experimental evaluation of loads occurring during guided drilling for cochlear implantation
During guided drilling for minimally invasive cochlear implantation and related applications, typically forces and torques act on the employed tool guides, which result from both the surgeon’s interaction and ...
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Temporal bone borehole accuracy for cochlear implantation influenced by drilling strategy: an in vitro study
Minimally invasive cochlear implantation is a surgical technique which requires drilling a canal from the mastoid surface toward the basal turn of the cochlea. The choice of an appropriate drilling strategy is...
