Upper airway imaging in patients with sleep-related breathing disorders.
This paper focuses primarily on upper airway anatomy and its variations during breathing and highlights the advantages/disadvantages of the different imaging techniques. The major indications of upper airway imaging are also discussed.
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Department of Radiology, Saint-Luc University Hospital, U.C.L., Brussels, Belgium. coche@rdgn.ucl.ac.be
D002508:Cephalometry; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010614:Pharynx / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D017286:Polysomnography; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed