A quantification of the lung surface area in emphysema using computed tomography

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 851-856

  Coxson, Harvey O ^a,b   Rogers, Robert M ^a,b   Whittall, Kenneth P ^a,b   D'Yachkova, Yulia ^a,b   Paré, Peter D ^a,b   Sciurba, Frank C ^a,b   Hogg, James C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG INFLATION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG STRUCTURE; LUNG VOLUME; LUNG WEIGHT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033057034     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.159.3.9805067     Document Type: Article

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