Acoustic reflections during rhinometry: Spatial resolution and sound loss

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1030-1039

  Hilberg, Ole ^a   Lyholm, Benny ^b   Michelsen, Axel ^c   Pedersen, Ole F ^a   Jacobsen, Oluf ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SR Electronics   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Acoustic rhinometry; Errors; Helium; Nasal mucosa

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BREATHING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOMETRY;

EID: 0031935630     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.84.3.1030     Document Type: Article

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