Rationale: lung anatomy that give rise to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). For
this reason there has been great interest in describing the different COPD phenotypes …

Study objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between high-
resolution CT (HRCT) lung attenuation measurements, acquired under spirometric control of …

Purpose The diagnosis and severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are
defined by airflow limitation using spirometry. However, COPD has diverse clinical features …

Background In the search for specific phenotypes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) computed tomography (CT) derived Parametric Response Mapping (PRM) has …

Rezumat In the last 25 years, there have been important improvements in computed
tomography (CT) that may give more details about the lung structure in chronic obstructive …

Multidetector row computed tomography (MDCT) is increasingly taking a central role in
identifying subphenotypes within chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma …

Background Quantitative computed tomographic (QCT) imaging-based metrics enable to
quantify smoking induced disease alterations and to identify imaging-based clusters for …

Introduction In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), endothelial dysfunction and
stiffness of systemic arteries may contribute to increased cardiovascular risk. Pulmonary …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by an incompletely
reversible airflow limitation that results from a combination of airway wall remodeling and …

Parametric response mapping (PRM) of paired CT lung images has been shown to improve
the phenotyping of COPD by allowing for the visualization and quantification of non …