Update on Radiology of Emphysema and Therapeutic Implications

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-167

  Goldin, Jonathan G ^a   Abtin, Fereidoun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; CT; Emphysema; Function; Quantitation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; SAFETY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 66249136862     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2009.04.006     Document Type: Review

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