CT assessment of the adult intrathoracic cross section of the trachea

After phantom validation of the method, normal tracheal morphology of 25 women and 25 men was studied retrospectively at level 1, the thoracic inlet; level 2, the supracarinal level, and level 3, halfway between. In no case was the minimal cross-sectional area less than 68% of the maximum of the thr...

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