CT attenuation of the bronchial wall in patients with asthma: Comparison with geometric parameters and correlation with function and histologic characteristics

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1226-1233

  Lederlin, Mathieu ^a,b,c   Laurent, François ^a,b,c   Portron, Yann ^a   Ozier, Annaig̈ ^b,c,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; Asthma; Attenuation; Quantitative CT; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG STRUCTURE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AREA UNDER CURVE; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84870929249     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.8396     Document Type: Article

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