Bronchial morphometry in smokers: Comparison with healthy subjects by using 3D CT

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1328-1334

  Montaudon, Michel ^a,b,c,d   Berger, Patrick ^a,b,c   Lederlin, Mathieu ^a   Marthan, Roger ^a,b,c   Tunon de Lara, José Manuel ^a,b,c   Laurent, François ^a,b,c  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE CARDIO THORACIQUE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Airway; Computed tomography; Image analysis; Smokers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLE; BRONCHUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SMOKING; THORAX WALL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

BRONCHI; BRONCHOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; TARS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65749118943     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1284-3     Document Type: Article

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