Accurate measurement of small airways on low-dose thoracic CT scans in smokers

Chest

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1321-1329

  Lutey, Barbara A ^a   Conradi, Susan H ^b   Atkinson, Jeffrey J ^a   Zheng, Jie ^a   Schechtman, Kenneth B ^a   Senior, Robert M ^a   Gierada, David S ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY WALL THICKNESS; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PARTIAL VOLUME AVERAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TILT CORRECTION;

EID: 84877629260     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-0034     Document Type: Article

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