Regional ventilation and distribution of emphysema - A quantitative comparison

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-64

  Johansson, Åke ^a   Vikgren, Jenny ^a   Moonen, Michaela ^a   Tylén, Ulf ^a   Bake, Björn ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chest X ray; Comparison; COPD; Function; Healthy volunteers; Lung; Pulmonary function; Quantification; Radioisotope; Regions of interest (ROI); Technegas

Indexed keywords

TECHNEGAS;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 1042280982     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-0961.2003.00529.x     Document Type: Article

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