CT quantification of emphysema in young subjects with no recognizable chest disease

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Irion, Klaus Loureiro ^a   Marchiori, Edson ^b   Hochhegger, Bruno ^c   Porto, Nelson Da Silva ^c   Moreira, Jose Da Silva ^d   Anselmi, Carlos Eduardo ^c   Holemans, John Allen ^a   Irion, Paulo Oliveira ^e  

^a LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c Rua João Alfredo 558/301 ^*  (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e Irion Radiologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CT; Densitometry; Density; Emphysema; Lung; Lung function; Volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITOMETRY; EMPHYSEMA; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX DISEASE; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 63049130695     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3502     Document Type: Article

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