Creation of a standardized geometry of the human nasal cavity

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 784-795

  Liu, Y ^a   Johnson, M R ^a   Matida, E A ^a   Kherani, S ^b   Marsan, J ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Average nasal passage way; Median nasal geometry; Nasal airway; Nostril; Processing CT scans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ADOLESCENT; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; HISTOLOGY; LUNG VENTILATION; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NASAL CAVITY; PULMONARY VENTILATION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64349102335     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90376.2008     Document Type: Article

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