Commentary on Viewpoint: Use of mean airspace chord length to assess emphysema [20]

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1985-

  Mata, Jaime F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; XENON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPHYSEMA; LETTER; LUNG STRUCTURE; MEAN AIRSPACE CHORD LENGTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; STEREOLOGY; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; HELIUM; HUMANS; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; XENON;

EID: 59449107494     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.vpcomm.zdg-8294.2008     Document Type: Letter

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