Computed tomography values calculation and volume histogram analysis for various computed tomographic patterns of diffuse lung diseases

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 731-738

  Sumikawa, Hiromitsu ^a   Johkoh, Takeshi ^a,b   Yamamoto, Shuji ^a   Yanagawa, Masahiro ^a   Inoue, Atsuo ^a   Honda, Osamu ^a   Yoshida, Shigeyuki ^a   Tomiyama, Noriyuki ^a   Nakamura, Hironobu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kinki Central Hospital of Mutual Association of Public School Teachers   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diffuse lung disease; Histogram; Lung; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; GLASS; GRAPHIC METHODS; HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSE LUNG DISEASE; GROUND GLASS; HIGH-LOW; HISTOGRAM; HISTOGRAM ANALYSIS; LUNG; REGION-OF-INTEREST; REGIONS OF INTEREST;

OPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CALCULATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPHYSEMA; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VARIANCE;

EID: 70349739584     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31818da65c     Document Type: Article

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