Computational modeling of the obstructive lung diseases asthma and COPD

Journal of Translational Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Burrowes, Kelly Suzanne ^a   Doel, Tom ^a   Brightling, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; APPARENT DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL RESPIRATORY IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG DIFFUSION; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG MODEL; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VENTILATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VOLUME FILLING BRANCHING ALGORITHM; BREATHING; EMPHYSEMA; EUROPE; LUNG; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; ASTHMA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMPHYSEMA; EUROPE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84935018718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-12-S2-S5     Document Type: Article

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