title: [Acoustic rhinometry in a normal population].
abstract: Acoustic rhinometry is a new method for objectively studying the geometry of the nasal cavity which is based on sound-wave reflection. One hundred normal subjects were studied by acoustic rhinometry under baseline conditions and after decongestion of the nasal mucosa. The minimum cross-section, area distance from this point to the nostril, nasal cavity volumen, and variations in these parameters after decongestion gave useful information about the state of the nasal cavity under normal conditions.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de ORL, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Márquez Dorsch
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cenjor Español
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez Fonseca
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000502:physiology*; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation / Q000502:physiology*; D012119:Respiration / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Rinometría acústica en la población normal.