Morphology of the levator veli palatini muscle using magnetic resonance imaging

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-75

  Perry, Jamie L ^a   Kuehn, David P ^b   Sutton, Bradley P ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Levator veli palatini muscle; Magnetic resonance imaging; Muscle morphology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEVATOR VELI PALATINI MUSCLE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE LENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SOFT PALATE; PALATE MUSCLE; SOFTWARE;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALATAL MUSCLES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84864050311     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: 15451569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/11-125     Document Type: Article

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