Pulmonary x‐ray computed tomographic (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
research and development has been motivated, in part, by the quest to subphenotype …

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 …

Rationale: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is an established complication of advanced chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) associated with increased mortality. The …

Fundamentally important to the future of pulmonary medicine is a better description and
understanding of the human lung and its response to disease, injury, and treatment, which is …

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

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are characterized by airway
obstruction and airflow limitation and pose a huge burden to society. These obstructive lung …

Computed tomography (CT) is the modality of choice for imaging the thorax and lung
structure. In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), it used to recognise the key …

Conventional pulmonary function tests are limited in the mechanistic insight that they can
provide by the fact that they can only provide average measures of lung function. For …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an increasing cause of morbidity and
mortality worldwide and results in substantial social and economic burdens. COPD is a …

Over the past few decades, pulmonary imaging technologies have advanced from chest
radiography and nuclear medicine methods to high-spatial-resolution or low-dose chest CT …