BACKGROUND: During the last few decades, high-resolution computed tomography
(HRCT) has come up as a new diagnostic modality to diagnose emphysematous and …

Introduction: In recent years, there has been increasing interest in diagnosing various
components of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) using high-resolution …

High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is a useful method for quantifying the extent
of emphysema. Few reports have mentioned the relationships between HRCT scans and …

Background Heterogeneity of clinical presentation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) attributes to different pathological basis. High-resolution computed tomography …

Objectives Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have high morbidity
and mortality, the opportunity to carry out a thoracic high-resolution CT (HRCT) scan may …

Objective: To determine the association between emphysema extent from high-resolution
computed tomography (HRCT) and the physiological derangement in patients with chronic …

Quantitative Computed Tomography (CT) Assessment of Emphysema in Patients with Severe
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and its Correlation with Age, Sex, Pulmonary …

Purpose To provide a new detailed visual assessment scheme of computed tomography
(CT) for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by using standard reference images …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is divided into pulmonary emphysema and
chronic bronchitis (CB). Emphysema is defined patho-anatomically as “permanent …

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) variables
are as good as other known clinical variables in grading emphysema patients. METHODS: A …