Sliding thin slab, minimum intensity projection of the lung in asymptomatic subjects: Lower limits of lung attenuation, without airways

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 165-170

  Ishihara, Katsutoshi ^a,b   Satoh, Shiro ^a   Ohdama, Shinichi ^a   Shibuya, Hitoshi ^b  

^a Ohme Municipal General Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Function; Lung; Minimum intensity projection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746909119     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: 18625274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-005-1476-6     Document Type: Article

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