New concepts in the radiological assessment of COPD

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-220

  Coxson, Harvey O ^a,b   Rogers, Robert M ^c  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway wall; Computed tomography; Emphysema; Noninvasive; Quantitative assessment

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMPHYSEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VOLUME; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 18144407247     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-869540     Document Type: Review

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