Comparison of airway dimensions in different anatomic locations on chest CT in patients with COPD

Respirology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 579-585

  Ohara, Tadashi ^a   Hirai, Toyohiro ^a   Sato, Susumu ^a   Sato, Atsuyasu ^a   Nishioka, Michiyoshi ^a   Muro, Shigeo ^a   Mishima, Michiaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airflow limitation; Airway dimension; COPD; CT; Lung attenuation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LOBE; LUNG STRUCTURE; MALE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; BRONCHI; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746910170     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.00899.x     Document Type: Article

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