Airway luminal diameter and shape measurement by means of an intraluminal fiberoptic probe: A bench model

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 637-642

  Jowett, Nathan ^a,c   Weersink, Robert A ^b   Zhang, Kai ^b   Campisi, Paolo ^c,d   Forte, Vito ^c,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOGEN; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; ORGAN SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTOMETER; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRACHEA; TRACHEA DIAMETER;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; ENDOSCOPY; FIBER OPTICS; MODELS, ANIMAL; SWINE; TRACHEA;

EID: 45749130674     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.134.6.637     Document Type: Article

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