Differential deposition of aerosols in the maxillary sinus of human cadavers by particle size

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-398

  Hilton, Christopher ^a   Wiedmann, Timothy ^a   St Martin, Michele ^b   Humphrey, Bradley ^a   Schleiffarth, Rob ^c   Rimell, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Cadaver; Chronic maxillary sinusitis; Deposition; Nebulization; Particle size; Rhinosinusitis; Topical therapy

Indexed keywords

SULFUR; TECHNETIUM 99M;

AEROSOL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GAMMA SCINTIGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; ISOTOPE LABELING; MAXILLARY SINUS; NEBULIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTON; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; AEROSOLS; CADAVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MAXILLARY SINUS; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 51049107434     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2008.22.3192     Document Type: Article

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