title: Computed tomography: a three-dimensional study of the nasal airway.
abstract: 1. Accurate volume measurement of the nasal airway based upon computed tomography images sequentially generated along the length of the airway is possible. 2. The cross-sectional area of the airway at any position along its length can be determined. 3. The most constricted part of the airway is not necessarily at the location of the turbinates. 4. Details of hard- and soft-tissue anatomy not otherwise discernible can be detected with computed tomography imaging.
mesh_terms: D002508:Cephalometry; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009666:Nose / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014420:Turbinates / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging