Incomplete pulmonary fissures evaluated by volumetric thin-sectionCT: Semi-quantitative evaluation for small fissure gaps identification,description of prevalence and severity of fissural defects

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2365-2370

  Koenigkam Santos, Marcel ^a,b,c   De Paula, Wagner Diniz ^a,d   Owsijewitsch, Michael ^a,d   Wielpütz, Mark Oliver ^a,d   Gompelmann, Daniela ^a   Schlemmer, Heinz Peter ^b   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^a,e   Heussel, Claus Peter ^a,e   Puderbach, Michael ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^e German Center for Lung Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Computed tomography; Lung; Pleura

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCOMPLETE PULMONARY FISSURE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMI QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ANATOMY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG; PLEURA;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84890786912     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.08.029     Document Type: Article

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