PURPOSE The purpose of our study was to introduce an ultrafast MR imaging technique of
the pharynx as a diagnostic tool for viewing the mechanism of obstruction in patients with …

Sleep apnea is often caused by obstruction of the pharyngeal airway. The goal of this study
was to use ultrafast MR imaging to examine the pharyngeal airway in patients with sleep …

Morphologic abnormalities of the pharyngeal airway are frequently found in patients with
obstructive sleep apnea. These structural alterations in the pharyngeal airway can be …

PURPOSE: To compare magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the oropharynx in patients
with sleep apnea syndrome with fiberoptic nasopharyngoscopy, and oropharyngeal …

To evaluate dynamic morphologic changes of the respiratory tract in patients with obstructive
sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), the cross section and the midline sagittal section of the …

Abstract 15 patients, aged 1–14 years, with sleep disordered breathing underwent turbo fast
low angle shot MRI during drug-induced sleep. The site of obstruction within the pharynx …

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) occurs because of recurrent narrowing and occlusion of the
velopharynx (VP) during sleep. The specific cause of OSA is unknown. Cephalometric …

Purpose: We attempted to determine the usefulness of high-speed MR imaging for
evaluating the severity of sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) by comparing findings of pharyngeal …

Purpose To define the role and reliability of MR imaging of the oropharynx during
wakefulness in the evaluation of patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome …

Dynamic changes in the pharyngea airway of patients with obstructive sleep apnea
syndrome (OSAS) were evaluated by quantitating the findings of real-time imaging …