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Figure 10

From: The effect of the surgical approach and cochlear implant electrode on the structural integrity of the cochlea in human temporal bones

Figure 10

In the cochlear view reconstruction of CB-CT scan both insertion depth angle and distance A can be measured. The 360° line is drawn perpendicular to a line between round window entry and middle of upper part of the posterior semicircular canal. The insertion depth angle is measured by adding 360° to the angle between the apical electrode and the 360° line. Distance A (dashed line), an indirect measure proportional to cochlear duct length, is measured as the length of the line from the point of the array entering the RW or CO, through the modiolus to the contralateral cochlear wall.

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