Study on the reproducibility of the Waters' views of the maxillary sinuses

Rhinology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-60

  De Sutter, Ann ^a   Spee, Ruud ^a   Peersman, Wim ^a   De Meyere, Marc ^a   Van Cauwenberge, Paul ^a   Verstraete, Koenraad ^a   De Maeseneer, Jan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

And interobserver agreement; Maxillary sinusitis; Sinus radiology; Upper respiratory tract infection; Waters' view

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AIR; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; MAXILLARY SINUS; MEDICAL EXPERT; NOSE MUCOSA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD; SURGEON;

HUMANS; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 17044393571     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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