Fully automatic quantitative assessment of emphysema in computed tomography: Comparison with pulmonary function testing and normal values

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2391-2402

  Heussel, C P ^a   Herth, F J F ^a,b   Kappes, J ^a,b   Hantusch, R ^a   Hartlieb, S ^a   Eberhardt, R ^b   Weinheimer, O ^b   Kauczor, H U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

COPD; Emphysema; Lung attenuation; MDCT; Quantitative assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMPHYSEMA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDUAL VOLUME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349873454     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1437-z     Document Type: Article

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