Imaging of Airways: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 331-342

  Ley Zaporozhan, Julia ^a   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airways; COPD; CT; MRI; Quantification; Visualization

Indexed keywords

BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHOGRAPHY; BRONCHOMALACIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG PERFUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE; TRACHEOMALACIA;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 60649098832     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2008.11.012     Document Type: Review

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