Validation of lung densitometry threshold at CT for the distinction between senile lung and emphysema in elderly subjects

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 162-166

  Bellia, M ^a   Benfante, A ^a   Menozzi, M ^a   Augugliaro, G ^a   Scichilone, N ^a   Cannizzaro, F ^a   Midiri, M ^a   Bellia, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; CT; Densitometry; Emphysema; Senile lung

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; HUMAN; LUNG DENSITOMETRY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; REFERENCE DATABASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY; AGE; ALGORITHM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; LOWER LIMIT OF NORMAL; LUNG DENSITOMETRY THRESHOLD; MALE; MEAN LUNG DENSITY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SENILE LUNG; SENILITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 82955211445     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2011.216     Document Type: Article

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