Assessment of prognosis of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by computer-aided analysis of CT images

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 216-222

  Iwasawa, Tae ^a   Asakura, Akira ^b   Sakai, Fumikazu ^d   Kanauchi, Tetu ^e   Gotoh, Toshiyuki ^b   Ogura, Takashi ^a   Yazawa, Takuya ^c   Nishimura, Junichi ^a   Inoue, Tomio ^c  

^a Kanagawa Prefectural Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases Center Hospital   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

CT; Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG SLICE; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 69549108553     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181a6527d     Document Type: Article

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