Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 68, Issue 3 , Pages 696-701 , March 2010

Automated 3-Dimensional Airway Analysis From Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Data

  • Stephen A. Schendel, MD, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Professor Emeritus, Department of Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Schendel: Department of Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, 770 Welch Road, Suite 440, Palo Alto, CA 94304
    • ,
  • David Hatcher, DDS, MSc, MRCD

      Affiliations

    • Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA

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doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2009.07.040

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 68, Issue 3 , Pages 696-701 , March 2010

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