Three-dimensional morphology of the masseter muscle in patients with mandibular prognathism

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-118

  Ariji, Y ^a   Kawamata, A ^b   Yoshida, K ^a   Sakuma, S ^a   Nawa, H ^a   Fujishita, M ^b   Ariji, E ^a  

^a AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Masseter muscle; Prognathism; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PROGNATHIA; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEPHALOMETRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNATHISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034157025     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600515     Document Type: Article

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