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Ossified metal artifact implanted in a human inner ear (micro-CT)

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The xy, yz, and xz planes are resolved at 20 μm/voxel. Lateral, anterior, and posterior semicircular canals are shown with metal wires of vestibular electrodes colored blue. The crosshair intersection represents the tip of the lateral canal electrode. Highlighted slice within orange lines represents the 3D view in the lower right image. (Source: Stultiens JJ, Lewis RF, Phillips JO, et al. The next challenges of vestibular implantation in humans. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2023;24[4]:401-12. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International [CC BY 4.0] license, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Image sharpened by Dr. Douglas Lanska.)