Quantitative assessment of bronchial wall attenuation with thin-section CT: An indicator of airflow limitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 363-369

  Yamashiro, Tsuneo ^a,b   Matsuoka, Shin ^c   San José Estépar, Raúl ^a   Dransfield, Mark T ^d   Diaz, Alejandro ^a,e   Reilly, John J ^f   Patz, Samuel ^a   Murayama, Sadayuki ^b   Silverman, Edwin K ^a   Hatabu, Hiroto ^a   Washko, George R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway wall attenuation; Airway wall thickness; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CT; Pulmonary emphysema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRONCHUS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; ALGORITHM; BRONCHOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; BRONCHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955614022     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3653     Document Type: Article

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