Quantitative MSCT study of lung attenuation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1611-1614

  Zhang, Jie ^a   Yu, Tie Lian ^a   Wu, Qi ^a   Ye, Ning ^a   Cao, Yang ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a   Zhou, Ning ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emphysema; Pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive; Tomography, X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW;

EID: 56349165226     PISSN: 10033289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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