Objective computerized determination of the minimum cross-sectional area of the nasal passage on computed tomography

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 10 I, 2005, Pages 1809-1812

  Bakker, Niels H ^a,b   Lohuis, Peter J F M ^b   Menger, Dirk J ^b   Nolst Trenité, Gilbert J ^b   Fokkens, Wytske J ^b   Grimbergen, Cornelis A ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Cross sectional area; Nasal valve; Resistance; Rhinomanometry

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; MINIMIZATION ALGORITHM; MINIMUM CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOMANOMETRY; RHINOMETRY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INSUFFICIENCY;

ALGORITHMS; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NOSE; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 26944470334     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000174953.66679.a2     Document Type: Article

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