Dynamic high-resolution electron-beam CT scanning for the diagnosis of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation

Chest

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 447-456

  Knollmann, Friedrich D ^a,c   Kapell, Susanne ^b   Lehmkuhl, Hans ^b   Schulz, Bernhard ^b   Böttcher, Heidi ^b   Hetzer, Roland ^b   Felix, Roland ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis obliterans; High resolution CT scan; Lung CT scan; Lung transplantation; Quantitative CT scan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHIOLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE;

EID: 4143079249     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.126.2.447     Document Type: Article

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