A New Method of Evaluation of Upper Airway in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea - Computer-assisted Quantitative Videoendoscopic Analysis

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 393-398

  Hsu, Pon Poh ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Computer assisted quantitative airway assessment; Obstructive sleep apnoea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DATA BASE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STANDARD; SUPINE POSITION; VALIDATION STUDY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; CEPHALOMETRY; DATABASES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SUPINE POSITION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0036581658     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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