Visual classification of emphysema heterogeneity compared with objective measurements: HRCT vs spiral CT in candidates for lung volume reduction surgery

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1045-1051

  Cederlund, Kerstin ^a   Bergstrand, L ^b   Hogberg S ^a   Rasmussen, E ^a   Svane, B ^a   Tylen U ^c   Aspelin, P ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Huddinge University Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CT; Emphysema; Lung; Pulmonary; Quantitative; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036584579     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300101129     Document Type: Article

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