A comparison of human jaw muscle cross-sectional area and volume in long- and short-face subjects, using MRI

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 273-281

  Boom, H P W ^a,b   van Spronsen, P H ^a,b   van Ginkel, F C ^a   van Schijndel, R A ^a   Castelijns, J A ^a   Tuinzing, D B ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CSA; Jaw muscles; MRI; Volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; PTERYGOID MUSCLES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 38649096614     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2007.08.013     Document Type: Article

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