New velopharyngeal measurements at rest and during speech: Implications and applications

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 532-539

  Tian, Wei ^a   Redett, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Levator veli palatini; Magnetic resonance imaging; Velar effective length; Velar stretch; Velopharyngeal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALATE; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PHARYNX; PHONATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SPEECH;

ADULT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PALATAL MUSCLES; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; PHARYNX; PHONETICS; SPEECH; VELOPHARYNGEAL SPHINCTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249094714     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31819b9fbe     Document Type: Article

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