COMPLIANCE MEASUREMENTS OF THE UPPER AIRWAY IN PEDIATRIC DOWN SYNDROME SLEEP APNEA PATIENTS

Compliance of soft tissue and muscle supporting the upper airway are two of several factors contributing to pharyngeal airway collapse. We present a novel, minimally invasive method of estimating regional variations in pharyngeal elasticity. Magnetic resonance images for pediatric sleep apnea patien...

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Published in:Ann Biomed Eng
Main Authors: Subramaniam, Dhananjay Radhakrishnan, Mylavarapu, Goutham, McConnell, Keith, Fleck, Robert J., Shott, Sally R., Amin, Raouf S., Gutmark, Ephraim J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4731320/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26215306
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10439-015-1392-6
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