In Vitro Evaluation of Normal and Abnormal Lungs with Ultra-High-Resolution CT

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 8-15

  Ikura, Hirohiko ^a   Shimizu, Kenji ^a   Ikezoe, Junpei ^a   Nagareda, Tomofumi ^b   Yagi, Naoto ^c  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Takarazuka Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Pulmonary structure; Small airway; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAMERA; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EVALUATION; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG STRUCTURE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; STEREOMICROSCOPY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION MICROTOMOGRAPHY; THICKNESS; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRA HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1642575992     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-200401000-00002     Document Type: Article

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