Quantification of bronchial dimensions at MDCT using dedicated software

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1483-1489

  Brillet, Pierre Yves ^a   Fetita, C I ^b   Beigelman Aubry, C ^c   Saragaglia, A ^b   Perchet, D ^b   Preteux, F ^b   Grenier, P A ^c  

^a AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Bronchial diseases; Multi detector row CT; Quantitative evaluation; Software

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MEASUREMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PNEUMOTACHYGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ASTHMA; BRONCHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34248641131     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0496-7     Document Type: Article

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