Normalizing computed tomography data reconstructed with different filter kernels: effect on emphysema quantification

European Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 478-486

  Gallardo Estrella, Leticia ^a   Lynch, David A ^b   Prokop, Mathias ^a   Stinson, Douglas ^b   Zach, Jordan ^b   Judy, Philip F ^c   van Ginneken, Bram ^a,d   van Rikxoort, Eva M ^a,d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; COPD; Image reconstruction; Normalization; Pulmonary emphysema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FILTER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SPIROMETRY; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84954397970     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-015-3824-y     Document Type: Article

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