Use of CT morphometry to detect changes in lung weight and gas volume

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2471-2477

  Perez, Andrew ^a   Coxson, Harvey O ^b   Hogg, James C ^c   Gibson, Kevin ^a   Thompson, Paul F ^a   Rogers, Robert M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Diffuse lung disease; Lavage; Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG ALVEOLUS PROTEINOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG VOLUME; LUNG WEIGHT; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 27144503623     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.4.2471     Document Type: Article

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