CT quantification of emphysema: Is semi-quantitative scoring a reliable enough method?

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 673-678

  Mohsen, Laila A ^a   Gawad, Ehab A A ^a   Ibrahiem, Mohamed A ^a  

^a MINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

Author keywords

COPD; CT emphysema index; Emphysema; Mean lung attenuation; Modified Goddard score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DENSITY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; MODIFIED GODDARD SCORE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84905910447     PISSN: 0378603X     EISSN: 20904762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrnm.2014.03.015     Document Type: Article

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