Reconstruction of three-dimensional images of the pharynx in patients with sleep apnea using three-dimensional fast low-angle shot MR imaging

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1320-1321

  Suto, Yuji ^a   Ohmura, Naoto ^a   Inoue, Yuichi ^a   Ohta, Yoshio ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; NOSE AIRFLOW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0030891112     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.168.5.9129434     Document Type: Article

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