Static forces variation and pressure distribution in laryngoscopy performed by straight and curved blades

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 865-868

  Cecchini, S ^a   Silvestri, S ^a   Carassiti, M ^a   Agro F E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Laryngoscopy; Pressure distribution measurement

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE; ENDOSCOPY; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

BASIC PRINCIPLES; CURVED BLADES; DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; LARYNGOSCOPY; LIFTING FORCES; TISSUE REACTIONS; TOTAL VARIATION; TRANSVERSAL FORCE;

TISSUE;

EID: 77950974063     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334422     Document Type: Conference Paper

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