Comparison of human lung tissue mass measurements from Ex Vivo lungs and high resolution CT software analysis

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Henne, Erik ^a   Anderson, Joseph C ^a   Lowe, Norma ^a   Kesten, Steven ^a  

^a Uptake Medical Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Emphysema; Mass; Measurement lung volume reduction; Software; Volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISSECTION; EMPHYSEMA; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG LOBE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG WEIGHT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860826604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-12-18     Document Type: Article

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