Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exhibits significant heterogeneity in its
clinical presentation and rate of disease progression among affected individuals, owing at …

Lung imaging is increasingly being used to diagnose, quantify, and phenotype chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although spirometry is the gold standard for the …

Background Thoracic computed tomography (CT) scans are widely performed in clinical
practice, often leading to detection of airway or parenchymal abnormalities in asymptomatic …

Subjects with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may have marked
differences in emphysema severity on chest computed tomography (CT) scans. Although …

Rationale: The rate of decline of lung function is greater than age-related change in a
substantial proportion of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, even after …

Computed tomography (CT) is the modality of choice for imaging the thorax and lung
structure. In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), it used to recognise the key …

The Genetic Epidemiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPDGene) study,
which began in 2007, is an ongoing multicenter observational cohort study of more than …

Background and objective The availability of chest computed tomography (CT) imaging can
help diagnose comorbidities associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is defined in functional terms as a chronic
slowly progressive disorder characterised by airways obstruction that does not change …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by the presence of airflow
limitation that is caused by a combination of small airway remodeling and emphysema …