Radiological approach to asthma and COPD-the role of computed tomography

Allergology International

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-331

  Nakano, Yasutaka ^a   Van Tho, Nguyen ^a,b   Yamada, Hideto ^a   Osawa, Makoto ^a   Nagao, Taishi ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY AT HO CHI MINH CITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Airway remodeling; Asthma; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Computed tomography (CT); Parenchymal lung disease

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INHALER; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG STRUCTURE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70450207223     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.09-RAI-0124     Document Type: Review

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