Tomographic imaging of small airways

Respiration

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 265-274

  King, Gregory G ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pulmonary imaging; Tomographic imaging; Ventilation imaging

Indexed keywords

CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG FUNCTION; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84866991691     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342645     Document Type: Review

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