Recordings of mucociliary activity in vivo: Benefit of fast fourier transformation of the photoelectric signal

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 734-

  Lindberg, Sven ^a   Runer, Thomas ^a   Cervin, Anders ^a   Thomasson, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cilia; human; maxillary sinus; mucociliary clearance; nasal mucosa; rabbit

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CILIARY MOTILITY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 9544244755     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949610500912     Document Type: Article

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