Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome in lung transplant recipients: Use of spirometrically gated CT

Radiology

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 655-662

  Knollmann, Friedrich D ^a   Ewert, Ralf ^b   Wundrich, Tarja ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^b   Felix, Roland ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis obliterans; Computed tomography (CT), quantitative; Computed tomography (CT), thinsection; Lung, transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0036893156     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2253011384     Document Type: Article

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