Acoustic rhinometry: Accuracy and ability to detect changes in passage area at different locations in the nasal cavity

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 114, Issue 12 I, 2005, Pages 949-957

  Cakmak, Ozcan ^a,c   Tarhan, Erkan ^a   Coskun, Mehmet ^a   Cankurtaran, Mehmet ^b   Çelik, Huseyin ^b  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Baskent Universitesi Ankara Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acoustic rhinometry; Cast model; Computed tomography; Curved acoustic axis; Nasal cavity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 29744432097     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940511401211     Document Type: Article

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