Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: CT quantification of airways disease

Radiology

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-48

  Hackx, Maxime ^a   Bankier, Alexander A ^b   Gevenois, Pierre Alain ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; AIRWAY CONSTRICTION; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPHYSEMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BRONCHI; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84866612695     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12111270     Document Type: Review

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