New insights on COPD imaging via CT and MRI

International Journal of COPD

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-312

  Sverzellati, Nicola ^a   Molinari, F ^b   Pirronti, T ^b   Bonomo, L ^b   Spagnolo, P ^c   Zompatori, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airways; Computed tomography; Emphysema; Functional imaging; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; HELIUM; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; XENON;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPOXIC LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG PERFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; TRACHEOMALACIA;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36148978156     PISSN: 11769106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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