Reliability of acoustic rhinometry

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 421-427

  Numminen, Jura ^a   Dastidar, P ^a   Heinonen, T ^b,c   Karhuketo, T ^a   Rautiainen, M ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic rhinometry; Computer tomography volumetry; Nasl cavity geometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RHINOMETRY; STANDARD; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0344406876     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2002.1465     Document Type: Article

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