Mean bronchial wall attenuation value in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Comparison with standard bronchial parameters and correlation with function

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 800-808

  Lederlin, Mathieu ^a,b,c   Laurent, François ^a,b,c   Dromer, Claire ^d   Cochet, Hubert ^a,c   Berger, Patrick ^b,c,d   Montaudon, Michel ^a,b,c  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Airway; Attenuation value; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COPD; CT; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BRONCHIAL WALL AREA TO BRONCHIAL LUMEN AREA RATIO; BRONCHIAL WALL AREA TO TOTAL AREA RATIO; BRONCHIAL WALL THICKNESS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN BRONCHIAL WALL ATTENUATION VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESIDUAL VOLUME; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SMOKING; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VITAL CAPACITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; ROC CURVE; SMOKING; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84859151154     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.6895     Document Type: Article

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