Cochlear implant electrode array tip-foldover detection by electrode voltage telemetry.
Marc LeblansAndrzej ZarowskiAndrzej MoliszJoost van DintherJanne DedeyneBob LerutRudolf KuhweideErwin OffeciersPublished in: Cochlear implants international (2022)
Electrode Voltage Telemetry measures the Trans-Impedance Matrix, which can accurately detect tip foldovers of the cochlear implant electrodes within 1 min. This method can be reliably applied in all patients with normal cochlear anatomy and is able to intraoperatively detect foldovers localized even very close to the electrode tip. Application of the linear Hough transform allows for automatic detection of electrode tip foldovers that shows excellent agreement with visual evaluation of the radiological images and the transimpedance matrix's heatmap.