Radiographic density profiles link frontal and anterior ethmoid sinuses behavior in chronic rhinosinusitis

International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 496-500

  Sedaghat, Ahmad R ^a,b   Bhattacharyya, Neil ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Density; Hounsfield units; Opacity; Paranasal sinus diseases; Paranasal sinuses; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; ETHMOID SINUS; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHENOID SINUS;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHMOID SINUS; ETHMOID SINUSITIS; FRONTAL SINUS; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84870700352     PISSN: 20426976     EISSN: 20426984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/alr.21063     Document Type: Article

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