Fishman Andrew J
Otology-Neurotology Skull Base Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2012 Feb;45(1):1-24. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2011.08.014. Epub 2011 Oct 19.
At a minimum, successful cochlear implantation requires that electrical impulses be delivered to a surviving spiral ganglion cell population, and that these impulses be transmitted to a functioning auditory cortex by an existent neural connection. Accordingly, imaging the auditory pathway of the implant candidate is necessary to screen for morphologic conditions that will preclude or complicate the implantation process. In addition to radiography, increasing resolution of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging technology has provided the clinician with more detailed information about the integrity of the auditory pathway.
至少，成功的人工耳蜗植入需要将电脉冲传递到存活的螺旋神经节细胞群，并且这些脉冲通过现有的神经连接传递到功能正常的听觉皮层。因此，对植入候选者的听觉通路进行成像对于筛查可能妨碍植入过程或使其复杂化的形态学状况是必要的。除了放射照相术外，计算机断层扫描和磁共振成像技术分辨率的提高为临床医生提供了有关听觉通路完整性的更详细信息。
