Pulmonary emphysema: Quantitative CT during expiration

Radiology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 825-829

  Gevenois, Pierre Alain ^a   De Vuyst, Paul ^a   Sy, Marième ^a   Scillia, Pietro ^a   Chaminade, Laurent ^a   De Maertelaer, Viviane ^b   Zanen, Jacqueline ^c   Yernault, Jean Claude ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), quantitative; Computed tomography (CT), utilization; Emphysema, pulmonary; Lung, CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EXHALATION; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0029891484     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.199.3.8638012     Document Type: Article

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