A method to determine in vivo, specific airway compliance, in humans

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 489-496

  Kelly, Vanessa J ^a,b,c,d   Brown, Nathan J ^b,c   King, Gregory G ^b,c,e   Thompson, Bruce R ^a,b,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Co operative Research Centre for Asthma and Airways ^*  (Australia)

^c WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d Immunology and Respiratory Medicine ^*  (Australia)

^e ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway compliance; HRCT airway dimensions; Pressure diameter

Indexed keywords

3D SURFACE; AIRWAY COMPLIANCE; AIRWAY DIAMETER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; HIGH-RESOLUTION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IN-VIVO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE CURVE; PRESSURE-VOLUME CURVES; SMALL AIRWAYS; TRANSPULMONARY PRESSURE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CURVE FITTING;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MALE; SPIROMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955564202     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-010-0576-3     Document Type: Article

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