Commentary on Viewpoint: Use of mean airspace chord length to assess emphysema [15]

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1982-1983

  Hsia, Connie C W ^a   Hyde, Dallas M ^a   Ochs, Matthias ^a   Weibel, Ewald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG ALVEOLUS SURFACE AREA; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG INJURY; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG STRUCTURE; LUNG VOLUME; MEAN AIRSPACE CHORD LENGTH; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; ALGORITHM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ELASTICITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 57349100942     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.vpcomm.zdg-8294.2008     Document Type: Letter

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