Automated algorithm for quantifying the extent of cystic change on volumetric chest CT: Initial results in lymphangioleiomyomatosis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1037-1044

  Schmithorst, Vincent J ^a   Altes, Talissa A ^b,c   Young, Lisa R ^d   Franz, David N ^a   Bissler, John J ^d   McCormack, Francis X ^d   Dardzinski, Bernard J ^a,e   Brody, Alan S ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

ChestCT; Cysticlungdisease; Lymphangio leiomyomatosis(LAM); Quantitative ct

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTIC LUNG DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRIBUTION VOLUME; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VOLUME; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 63849297135     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3334     Document Type: Article

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