Quantitative Computed Tomography (CT) Assessment of Emphysema in Patients with Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and its Correlation with Age, Sex, Pulmonary Function Tests, BMI, Smoking, and Biomass Exposure

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the role of HRCT in quantifying emphysema in severe COPD patients and to study the variations in the pattern of emphysema in relation to age, sex, FEV1, smoking index, biomass exposure, and BMI. MATERIAL/METHODS: Automatic lung segmentation of HRCT scans in 41 severe COPD pat...

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Autores principales: Shaikh, Minhaj, Sood, Ram Gopal, Sarkar, Malay, Thakur, Vijay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5894027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29657642
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/PJR.903278

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5894027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29657642
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/PJR.903278

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