Whole-lung densitometry versus visual assessment of emphysema

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1686-1692

  Cavigli, Edoardo ^a   Camiciottoli, Gianna ^a   Diciotti, Stefano ^a   Orlandi, Ilaria ^a   Spinelli, Cheti ^b   Meoni, Eleonora ^a   Grassi, Luca ^a   Farfalla, Carmela ^a   Pistolesi, Massimo ^a   Falaschi, Fabio ^b   Mascalchi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

CT; Densitometry; Pulmonary emphysema

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67349170851     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1320-y     Document Type: Article

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