Variability in densitometric assessment of pulmonary emphysema with computed tomography

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 777-783

  Bakker, M Els ^a   Stolk, Jan ^a   Putter, Hein ^a   Shaker, Saher B ^b   Parr, David G ^c   Piitulainen, Eeva ^d   Russi, Erich W ^e   Dirksen, Asger ^a   Stockley, Robert A ^c   Reiber, Johan H C ^a   Stoel, Berend C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CT; Densitometry; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 28044434639     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000186418.31139.21     Document Type: Article

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