Ultrasound imaging of the larynx and vocal folds: Recent applications and developments

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 437-442

  Tsui, Po Hsiang ^a,b   Wan, Yung Liang ^a,b,c   Chen, Chin Kuo ^b,d  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Nakagami image; ultrasound B mode image; ultrasound backscattering

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

B SCAN; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPHONIA; ELASTIC FIBER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND NAKAGAMI IMAGING; VELOCITY; VOCAL CORD; VOCAL CORD DISORDER; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 84870248868     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: 15316998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e32835896b4     Document Type: Review

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