Relationship between pulmonary artery volumes at computed tomography and pulmonary artery pressures in patients with- and without pulmonary hypertension

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 466-471

  Froelich, Jens J ^a   Koenig, Helmut ^a   Knaak, Lennard ^a   Krass, Stefan ^b   Klose, Klaus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Hypertension; Lung; Lung diseases; Pulmonary; Pulmonary arteries

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION METHODS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); TOMOGRAPHY;

CARDIOPULMONARY DISEASES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT); CONTRAST ENHANCED; CT METHOD; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HELICAL CT; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; NON-INVASIVE; PULMONARY; PULMONARY ARTERIES; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLICE THICKNESS; TRACING ALGORITHMS; VOLUMETRY;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PULMONARY ARTERY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 49049089326     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.08.022     Document Type: Article

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