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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: lobe-based visual assessment of volumetric CT by Using standard images--comparison with quantitative CT and pulmonary function test in the COPDGene study.
Radiology - 1 Feb 2013
Kim Song Soo, Seo Joon Beom, Lee Ho Yun, Nevrekar Dipti V, Forssen Anna V, Crapo James D, Schroeder Joyce D, Lynch David A
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To provide a new detailed visual assessment scheme of computed tomography (CT) for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by using standard reference images and to compare this visual assessment method with quantitative CT and several physiologic parameters. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This research was approved by the institutional review board of each institution. CT images of 200 participants in the...
Topics
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Analysis of Variance
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Regression Analysis
- Respiratory Function Tests
- Smoking
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed