Quantitative computed tomographic measurement of a cross-sectional area of a small pulmonary vessel in nonsmokers without airflow limitation

Japanese Journal of Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 251-255

  Uejima, Iwao ^a   Matsuoka, Shin ^a   Yamashiro, Tsuneo ^a   Yagihashi, Kunihiro ^a   Kurihara, Yasuyuki ^a   Nakajima, Yasuo ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

airflow limitation; computed tomography; pulmonary artery; Pulmonary vascular alterations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960005024     PISSN: 18671071     EISSN: 1867108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-010-0551-9     Document Type: Article

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