Navigation for cochlear implantation

Author

Byunghyun Cho ; Matsumoto, Naoyuki ; Hashizume, Masaki

Author_Institution

Dept. of Adv. Med. Initiatives, Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan

fYear

2013

fDate

3-7 July 2013

Firstpage

5727

Lastpage

5730

Abstract

A cochlear implant is an artificial sensory organ for patients with severe to profound hearing loss who have little benefit from hearing aids. The fact that more patients with previous temporal bone surgery or cranial malformations are receiving cochlear implants implies that the number of atypical cochlear implantation will continue to grow. Surgical navigation, or image-guided surgery may be helpful for surgeons who perform atypical surgeries. We report our research on an image-guided system specifically designed for otologic surgery with an improved surgeon-computer interface.

Keywords

bone; cochlear implants; diagnostic radiography; medical image processing; surgery; artificial sensory organ; cochlear implantation; cranial malformations; hearing aids; image guided surgery; otologic surgery; profound hearing loss; severe hearing loss; surgeon-computer interface; surgical navigation; temporal bone surgery; Biomedical imaging; Bones; Cochlear implants; Monitoring; Navigation; Surgery; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Osaka

ISSN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610851

Filename

6610851