Volume histogram analysis for lung thin-section computed tomography: Differentiation between usual interstitial pneumonia and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 936-942

  Sumikawa, Hiromitsu ^a   Johkoh, Takeshi ^a   Yamamoto, Shuji ^a   Oota, Mamoru ^a   Ueguchi, Takashi ^a   Ogata, Yuji ^a   Matsumoto, Mitsuhiro ^a   Fujita, Yuka ^a   Natsag, Javzandulam ^a   Inoue, Atsuo ^a   Mihara, Naoki ^a   Honda, Osamu ^a   Tomiyama, Noriyuki ^a   Nakamura, Hironobu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Histogram; Interstitial; Lung; Pneumonia; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAPHIC METHODS;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOGRAM; HISTOGRAM ANALYSIS; INTERSTITIALS; LUNG; PNEUMONIA; REGION-OF-INTEREST; REGIONS OF INTEREST; THIN-SECTIONS; THREE PARAMETERS;

ENTROPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG; LUNG LOBE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 36649003128     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e318043a20a     Document Type: Article

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