Airway morphology from high resolution computed tomography in healthy subjects and patients with moderate persistent asthma

Anatomical Record

Volumn 296, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 852-866

  Montesantos, Spyridon ^a   Katz, Ira ^a,b   Fleming, John ^c,d   Majoral, Carolin ^a   Pichelin, Marine ^a   Dubau, Cecile ^a   Piednoir, Benoit ^a   Conway, Joy ^d   Texereau, Joëlle ^a   Caillibotte, Georges ^a  

^a AIR LIQUIDE   (France)

^b LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c National Institute of Health Research Biomedical Research Unit in Respiratory Disease   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchial anatomy; High resolution computed tomography; Image processing; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG LOBE; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MODERATE PERSISTENT ASTHMA; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TRACHEA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASTHMA; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878112898     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22695     Document Type: Article

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