Utility of lung density measurements in the diagnosis of emphysema

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1512-1520

  Marsh, Suzanne ^a   Aldington, Sarah ^a   Williams, Mathew V ^a   Nowitz, Michael R ^b   Kingzett Taylor, Andrew ^b   Weatherall, Mark ^c   Shirtcliffe, Philippa M ^a   McNaughton, Amanda A ^a   Pritchard, Alison ^a   Beasley, Richard ^a,d  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND   (New Zealand)

^b Pacific Radiology Limited   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computerised tomography; Emphysema; Lung density measurements; Lung disease; Reference values

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INHALATION SPACER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249672413     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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