Evaluating lung density by computed tomography

LW Hedlund, P Vock, EL Effmann - Seminars in Respiratory …, 1983 - thieme-connect.com
… of density of lung in a single slice was within 4 percent of the gravimetric estimate. We have
also compared our CT estimates of lung density with density calculated from lung tissue and …

Quantitative measurement of regional extravascular lung density using positron emission and transmission tomography

CG Rhodes, P Wollmer, F Fazio… - … assisted tomography, 1981 - journals.lww.com
… scan from the normalised lung density (transmission) scan provides regional values of
extravascular lung density. The response of the transmission scan to changes in density was …

[PDF][PDF] Computed tomography and pulmonary measurements

GB Drummond - British journal of anaesthesia, 1998 - researchgate.net
… When CT is used to measure lung density, dense tissues adjacent to the lung can influence
… regional extravascular lung density using positron emission and transmission tomography. …

Density resolution in quantitative computed tomography of foam and lung

GJ Kemerink, HH Kruize, RJS Lamers… - Medical …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
This study was performed to assess density resolution in quantitative computed tomography
(CT) of foam and lung. Density resolution, a measure for the ability to discriminate materials …

CT measurement of lung density

J Kalef-Ezra, A Karantanas, P Tsekeris - Acta Radiologica, 1999 - journals.sagepub.com
… time that a sex difference in lung density is reported. This may be … relationship between
smoking and lung density is in accordance … & RIDER WD: Lung density by computed tomography. …

Measurement of lung density by X-ray computed tomography: relation to lung mechanics in workers exposed to asbestos cement

P Wollmer, K Jakobsson, M Albin, U Albrechtsson… - Chest, 1987 - Elsevier
… We measured lung density by means of x-ray computed tomography and lung mechanics in
33 … We conclude that lung density is often increased in workers with mild asbestosis, even in …

The nonlinear partial volume effect and computed tomography densitometry of foam and lung

GJ Kemerink, RJS Lamers, GRP Thelissen… - Medical …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
… The obtained pathlength distribution was used to calculate the transmission, as seen by
a single detector in computed tomography. Comparison with the transmission through …

Transmission scanning in emission tomography

DL Bailey - European journal of nuclear medicine, 1998 - Springer
… PET transmission measurements have also been used in their own right and not just as a …
which corrected for photon attenuation, such as in estimating lung density [36] in PET studies. …

[图书][B] Computed tomography of the lung

JA Verschakelen, W De Wever - 2007 - Springer
vi lung diseases and of diseases with pulmonary involvement. We have used the pattern
approach because it is well established and is considered a good method to accomplish the …

Measurement of lung density in congestive heart failure by computed tomography

M Nomura, Y Miyagi, K Tachi, Y Sakabe… - Japanese heart …, 1984 - jstage.jst.go.jp
… Grossman ZD, Thomas FD, Gangne GRT, Mauceri RA, Cohen WN, Heitzman ER, Singh A:
Transmission computed tomographic diagnosis of experimentally produced acute pulmonary …