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Imaging Techniques

Conventional Radiography, Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance, and Ultrasonography of the Paranasal Sinuses

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Abstract

It is estimated that up to 30 million people suffer from inflammatory sinus disease in the United States (1). Because the physical examination can be nonspecific in these patients, radiologic evaluation has been relied upon for many years in the diagnosis of paranasal sinus pathology. Traditionally, conventional radiography was the modality of choice in the evaluation of the paranasal sinuses. In recent years, however, owing to a change in the therapeutic approach, computed tomography has supplanted conventional radiography as the primary diagnostic modality.

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Benson, M.L., Oliverio, P.J., Zinreich, S.J. (1996). Imaging Techniques. In: Gershwin, M.E., Incaudo, G.A. (eds) Diseases of the Sinuses. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0225-7_4

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