Monitoring the progress of emphysema by repeat computed tomography scans with focus on noise reduction

Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 925-928

  Dirksen, Asger ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Computed tomography; Pulmonary emphysema

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DENSITOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE REDUCTION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATION; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 57349137772     PISSN: 15463222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/pats.200804-033QC     Document Type: Article

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