Localization and quantification of regional and segmental air trapping in asthma

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 562-569

  Cohen, Judith ^a   Douma, W Rob ^a   Van Ooijen, Peter M A ^a   Willems, Tineke P ^a   Dicken, Volker ^b   Kuhnigk, Jan Martin ^b   Ten Hacken, Nick H T ^a   Postma, Dirkje S ^a   Oudkerk, Matthijs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air trapping; Computed tomography; Densitometry; Small airways; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ESTERS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AIR TRAPPING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; DENSITOMETRY; HOUNSFIELD UNITS; LOCALISATION; METHACHOLINE; SMALL AIRWAYS; VOLUMETRICS; VOLUMETRY;

DISEASES;

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; METHACHOLINE; BRONCHOCONSTRICTING AGENT; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LOBE; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VOLUMETRY; AIR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; AIR; ASTHMA; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; DENSITOMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; SPIROMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 49949114876     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31815f2bb0     Document Type: Article

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