BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Postoperative imaging of cochlear implants (CIs) needs to provide detailed information on localization of the electrode array. We evaluated visualization of a HiFocus1J array and accuracy of measurements of electrode positions for acquisitions with 64-section CT scanners of 4 major CT systems (Toshiba Aquilion-64, Philips Brilliance-64, GE LightSpeed-64, and Siemens Sensa...

Unilateral major limb amputation causes changes in sensory perception. Changes may occur within not only the residual limb but also the intact limb as well as the brain. We tested the hypothesis that limb amputation may result in the detection of hand sensation during stimulation of a non-limb-related body region. We further investigated the responses of unilateral upper limb amputees and indiv...

Corresponding author: Heon Keun Lee, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, 92, Chilam-dong, Jinju 660-751, Korea. Tel: 82-55-750-8137, Fax: 82-55-750-8142, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Postamputation phantom sensations and phantom pain, i.e., sensation or pain in the amputated limb, can be extremely distressing for people who have had amputations. Recent research on treating phantom phenomena has used the experimental induction of illusory body experiences. Although the suggestion has been that such experiences may influence the cortical remapping that occurs after amputation...

The study was to evaluate the performance of different materials used in dental operative simulation and compare them with those of natural teeth. Three typical phantom teeth materials were compared with extracted permanent teeth by a nanoindentation system and evaluated by students and registered dentists on the drilling sensation of the materials. Moreover, the tool life (machinability) of ne...

Phantom bite syndrome is characterized by an uncomfortable sensation mainly affecting corrected dentition in which no abnormality is clinically detectable. Despite repeated failures of dental surgery, sufferers persist in seeking bite correction from a succession of dentists. The etiology-pathogenesis of phantom bite is unknown but some consider the syndrome to be a psychosomatic disorder. Seve...

We have been developing “ToolDevice,” a set of devices to help novice users in performing various operations in a mixed reality (MR) space. ToolDevice imitates the familiar shapes, tactile sensation, and operational feedback sounds of hand tools that are used in everyday life. For example, we developed BrushDevice, KnifeDevice, TweezersDevice, and HammerDevice. Currently, KnifeDevice is insuffi...

A phantom limb is the sensation that an amputated limb is still attached to the body and is moving together with other body parts. Phantom limb phenomenon is often described on the basis of the patient's subjective sense, for example as represented using a visual analog scale (VAS). The aim of this study was to propose a novel quantification method for behavioral aspect of phantom limb by psych...

This chapter is supported by Grant MT-12052 and a research scholarship from the Medical Research Council of Canada. After an amputation many patients awake from the anesthesia feeling certain that the operation has not been performed. They feel the lost limb so vividly that only when they reach out to touch it, or peer under the bed sheets to see it, do they realize it has been cut off. This ph...

Tinnitus, a phantom auditory sensation, is associated with hearing loss in most cases, but it is unclear if hearing loss causes tinnitus. Phantom auditory sensations can be induced in normal hearing listeners when they experience severe auditory deprivation such as confinement in an anechoic chamber, which can be regarded as somewhat analogous to a profound bilateral hearing loss. As this condi...