Lateral lamella of the cribriform plate: Software-enabled computed tomographic analysis and its clinical relevance in skull base surgery

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 285-289

  Solares, C Arturo ^a   Lee, Walter T ^a   Batra, Pete S ^a   Citardi, Martin J ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATERAL LAMELLA OF THE CRIBRIFORM PLATE; MALE; SKULL BASE; SKULL SURGERY;

ETHMOID BONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKULL BASE; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41149175523     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.134.3.285     Document Type: Article

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