Imaging of the mylohyoid muscle: Separation of submandibular and sublingual spaces

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Otonari Yamamoto, Mika ^a   Nakajima, Koh ^b   Tsuji, Yuriko ^b   Otonari, Takamichi ^a   Curtin, Hugh D ^c   Okano, Tomohiro ^b   Sano, Tsukasa ^a  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; MRI; Mylohyoid muscle; Sublingual space; Submandibular space

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISSECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH LESION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYLOHYOID MUSCLE; NECK; NECK MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SUBLINGUAL GLAND; SUBLINGUAL SPACE; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR SPACE;

HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MANDIBLE; MOUTH FLOOR; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951966695     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3516     Document Type: Short Survey

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