AUTOMATIC PLANNING OF A SAFE DRILLING PATH TO BE USED IN COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION SURGERY USING IMAGE REGISTRATION TECHNIQUES

The procedure currently used for cochlear implementation can be improved with the aid of techniques developed in medical imaging. A suitable path accessing the cochlea can be determined before the operation by locating a point in the facial recess and another point in the basal turn of the cochlear...

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Main Author: Al-Marzouqi, Hasan Mohammed
Other Authors: Benoit Dawant
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2006
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-05082006-104646/