Evidence for dysanapsis using computed tomographic imaging of the airways in older ex-smokers

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1622-1628

  Sheel, A William ^a   Guenette, Jordan A ^a   Yuan, Ren ^b,c   Holy, Lukas ^b,c   Mayo, John R ^b   McWilliams, Annette M ^d   Lam, Stephen ^d   Coxson, Harvey O ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway luminal area; Airway parenchymal dysanapsis; Three dimensional computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY SIZE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG SIZE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

ATROPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 72749106065     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00562.2009     Document Type: Article

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