Low-dose, dynamic, expiratory thin-section CT of the lungs using a spiral CT scanner

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 168-172

  Gotway, Michael B ^a,c   Lee, Eil Seong ^a   Reddy, Gautham P ^a   Golden, Jeffrey A ^b   Richard Webb, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis obliterans; Expiratory; Lung attenuation; Thin section CT; Transplant

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BREATHING MECHANICS; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEASUREMENT; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AIR; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033933469     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-200007000-00003     Document Type: Article

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