Reliability of high-pitch ultra-low-dose paranasal sinus computed tomography for evaluating paranasal sinus anatomy and sinus disease

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1801-1804

  Aksoy, Elif Ayanoglu ^a   Özden, Sila Ulus ^a   Karaarslan, Ercan ^a   Ünal, Ömer Faruk ^a   Tanyeri, Hasan ^a  

^a ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

High pitch ultra low dose CT; Paranasal sinuses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ETHMOID BONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANASAL SINUS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; ETHMOID BONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; PARANASAL SINUSES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84914158294     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: 15363732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000000966     Document Type: Article

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