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Subtyping COPD by Using Visual and Quantitative CT Imaging Features.
Chest - 1 Jan 2020
Park Jinkyeong, Hobbs Brian D, Crapo James D, Make Barry J, Regan Elizabeth A, Humphries Stephen, Carey Vincent J, Lynch David A, Silverman Edwin K
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BACKGROUND: Multiple studies have identified COPD subtypes by using visual or quantitative evaluation of CT images. However, there has been no systematic assessment of a combined visual and quantitative CT imaging classification. We integrated visually defined patterns of emphysema with quantitative imaging features and spirometry data to produce a set of 10 nonoverlapping CT imaging subtypes, and we assessed...
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