Xenon-enhanced computed tomography quantifies normal maxillary sinus ventilation

Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 422-424

  Leopold, Donald ^a   Zinreich, S James ^b   Simon, Brett A ^b   Cullen, Michelle M ^c   Marcucci, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XENON;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; NORMAL HUMAN; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; NASAL DECONGESTANTS; OXYGEN; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; XENON;

EID: 0034059081     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2000.103537     Document Type: Article

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