Reconstruction algorithms influence the follow-up variability in the longitudinal CT emphysema index measurements

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-175

  Hochhegger, Bruno ^a,b,c   Irion, Klaus Loureiro ^d   Marchiori, Edson ^a   Moreira, Jose Silva ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL MOINHOS DE VENTO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Emphysema; Reconstruction algorithm

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL EMPHYSEMA INDEX; LUNG NODULE; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RATING SCALE; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952929921     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2011.12.2.169     Document Type: Article

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