The accuracy of computed tomography to predict completeness of pulmonary fissures: A prospective study

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 696-700

  Kent, Michael S ^a   Ridge, Carole ^a   O'Dell, David ^a   Lo, Peter ^a   Whyte, Richard ^a   Gangadharan, Sidhu P ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Emphysema; Endobronchial valves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY FISSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; LUNG; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929610040     PISSN: 23296933     EISSN: 23256621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201407-343OC     Document Type: Article

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