Effect of aging on lung structure in vivo: Assessment with densitometric and fractal analysis of high-resolution computed tomography data

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 366-371

  Copley, Susan J ^a   Giannarou, Stamatia ^b   Schmid, Volker J ^e   Hansell, David M ^d   Wells, Athol U ^c   Yang, Guang Zhong ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Radiology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

aging; computed tomography; densitometry; fractal analysis; pulmonary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DENSITY; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG STRUCTURE; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84868302784     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e31825148c9     Document Type: Article

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