CT quantification of pulmonary emphysema: Assessment of lung structure and function

Critical Reviews in Diagnostic Imaging

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 399-417

  Bankier, Alexander A ^a   Madani, Afarine ^a   Gevenois, Pierre Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diagnosis; Emphysema; Quantification

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG STRUCTURE; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0036950501     PISSN: 10408371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/20024091059305     Document Type: Review

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