A New Approach to Geometrical Measurements in an Animal Model of Vocal Fold Scar

Journal of Voice

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-94

  Jabbour, Noel ^a   Krishna, Priya D ^a   Osborne, James ^a   Rosen, Clark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine model; Histology; Measurement; Vocal fold scar

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; RELIABILITY; SCAR; VIBRATION SENSE; VOCAL CORD;

ANIMALS; DOGS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LARYNGEAL MUCOSA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 57949108831     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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