Morphological assessment of the soft palate in habitual snoring using image analysis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1655-1660

  Reda, Mohamed ^a   Sims, Andrew J ^a   Collins, Melanie M ^a   McKee, Gary J ^a   Marshall, H ^a   Kelly, Peter J ^b   Wilson, Janet A ^a,c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Laser palatoplasty; Snoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PALATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNORING; SOFT PALATE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SNORING; UVULA;

EID: 0032848726     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199910000-00020     Document Type: Article

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