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Acta Oto-Laryngologica Volume 130, 2010 - Issue 4
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Imaging of cochlear implant electrode array with flat-detector CT and conventional multislice CT: comparison of image quality and radiation dose

Tobias Struffert Department of NeuroradiologyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Victoria Hertel Department of Otolaryngology, Head- and Neck Surgery
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Yannis Kyriakou Institute of Medical Physics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen
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Jens Krause Institute of Medical Physics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen
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Tobias Engelhorn Department of Neuroradiology
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Bernhard Schick Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head- and Neck Surgery, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany
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Heinrich Iro Department of Otolaryngology, Head- and Neck Surgery
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Joachim Hornung Department of Otolaryngology, Head- and Neck Surgery
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Arnd Doerfler Department of Neuroradiology
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Pages 443-452 | Received 20 Jun 2009, Accepted 31 Jul 2009, Published online: 02 Nov 2009

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