Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous disease characterized
by both small airway and parenchymal abnormalities. There is increasing evidence to …

Multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) can be used to quantify morphological
features and investigate structure/function relationship in COPD. This approach allows a …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the leading causes of morbidity
and mortality worldwide. COPD is defined by irreversible airflow obstruction. It is a …

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

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a heterogeneous condition of the lungs and body.
Techniques in chest imaging and quantitative image analysis provide novel in vivo insight …

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

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 …

A number of chronic diseases have benefited from both imaging and personalised medicine,
but unfortunately, for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), there has …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is described as airflow limitation that is not
fully reversible. Quantitative assessment of structural changes within the lung that are …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) involves a complex interaction of structural
and functional abnormalities. The two have long been studied in isolation. However …