Acoustic rhinometry and paranasal sinuses: A systematic study in models, anatomic specimens, and in vivo

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 837-843

  Mlynski, Robert ^a   Grützenmacher, Stefan ^b   Mlynski, Gunter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic rhinometry; Models; Nasal cavity physiology; Paranasal sinuses physiology

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FENESTRATION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFUNDIBULUM; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; NOSE CAVITY; PARANASAL SINUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHINOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HUMANS; MAXILLARY SINUS; NASAL CAVITY; NOSE; PARANASAL SINUSES; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC;

EID: 18044361925     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MLG.0000157691.73160.77     Document Type: Article

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