Commentary on Viewpoint: Use of mean airspace chord length to assess emphysema [19]

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1984-1985

  Fehrenbach, Heinz ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; LETTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG ALVEOLUS WALL; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG STRUCTURE; MEAN AIRSPACE CHORD LENGTH; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; ALGORITHM; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG VOLUME; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA;

EID: 57349184672     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.vpcomm.zdg-8294.2008     Document Type: Letter

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