… known measures of lung function and airway disease, for airways. For vessels, we assess
the correlation between our estimate of the small-vessel blood volume and the lungs’ diffusing …

… Using BBP as a standard measurement provides a … lung analysis methods used in this
study. The BBP measurement is a crucial tool in diagnosing and managing COPD and other lung …

… Quantitative analysis of functional and structural lung imaging complements traditional visual
assessment, … , as well as diagnosis and monitoring of lung disease and treatment response. …

… Segmentation of these structures in medical imaging is of great importance since the analysis
of the structure provides insights into disease diagnosis, treatment planning, and prognosis…

… [169] recently showed that OE-MRI has the same capacity for pulmonary functional assessment
as CT-obtained %LAA and that its derived parameters correlate well with FEV 1 /FVC, …

… and following-up pulmonary involvement in systemic sclerosis (… how lung function is affected
by changes in lung structure in … , ‘‘3D-CT volumetry of the lung using multidetector row CT,’’ …

… , pulmonary function assessments, and lung HRCT data. The study excluded patients who
had lung cancer, asthma, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary … using a multidetector row CT …

… than the smallest lung structures. … lung is mandatory as it results in three-dimensional high
resolution CT (3D HRCT). As the airways in the lung parenchyma are high contrast structures …

… normal lung regions from areas with an established structural lung … structural disease) and
have important clinical implications. They hypothesized that regions with a normal lung density…

… for the automated detection of pulmonary nodules in chest CT scans. … structures. In
Chapter 3 we present our international challenge aiming at a large-scale validation of state-of-the-art …