Development and testing of image-processing methods for the quantitative assessment of airway hyperresponsiveness from high-resolution CT images

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 939-947

  McNitt Gray, Michael F ^a   Goldin, Jonathan G ^a   Johnson, Timothy D ^a   Tashkin, Donald P ^a   Aberle, Denise R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchi, diseases; Bronchospasm; Computed tomography; Computed tomography, physics and instrumentation; Computer workstations; Image analysis; Image processing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ESTERS; PHANTOMS; PROCESSING;

ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS, DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, PHYSIC AND INSTRUMENTATION; HIGH RESOLUTION CT; IMAGE PROCESSING - METHODS; IMAGE-ANALYSIS; IMAGES PROCESSING; MEASUREMENTS OF;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS DISEASE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESIDUAL VOLUME;

EID: 0031460244     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199711000-00017     Document Type: Article

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