The role of chest radiography and computed tomography in the diagnosis and management of asthma

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-36

  Sung, Arthur ^a   Naidich, David ^b   Belinskaya, Ilona ^a   Raoof, Suhail ^a  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway wall thickness; Asthma; High resolution computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATATION; BRONCHOMALACIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT CARE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845446687     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e328011bfbc     Document Type: Review

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