Systemic sclerosis interstitial lung disease evaluation: Comparison between semiquantitative and quantitative computed tomography assessments

Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 507-513

  Ariani, A ^a   Lumetti, F ^a   Silva, M ^b   Santilli, D ^a   Mozzani, F ^a   Lucchini, G ^a   Delsante, G ^a   Sverzellati, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CT quantitative indexes; Interstitial lung disease; Mean lung attenuation; OsiriX; Pulmonary fibrosis; Skewnes kurtosis; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84921848854     PISSN: 0393974X     EISSN: 17246083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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