Operator-independent quantitative chest computed tomography versus standard assessment of interstitial lung disease related to systemic sclerosis: A multi-centric study

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 724-730

  Ariani, Alarico ^a   Silva, Mario ^b   Bravi, Elena ^c   Saracco, Marta ^d   Parisi, Simone ^e   De Gennaro, Fabio ^f   Lumetti, Federica ^a   Idolazzi, Luca ^g   Seletti, Valeria ^b   Caramaschi, Paola ^g   Benini, Camilla ^g   Bodini, Flavio Cesare ^c   Scirè, Carlo Alberto ^h   Lucchini, Gianluca ^a   Santilli, Daniele ^a   Mozzani, Flavio ^a   Imberti, Davide ^c   Arrigoni, Eugenio ^c   Delsante, Giovanni ^a   Pellerito, Raffaele ^d   Fusaro, Enrico ^e   Sverzellati, Nicola ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c GUGLIELMO DA SALICETO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e CITTÀ DELLA SALUTE E DELLA SCIENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f CREMONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^h Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

CT indexes; CT quantitative assessment; Interstitial lung disease; OsiriX; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; ROC CURVE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84940473553     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14397595.2015.1016200     Document Type: Article

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