Computed tomographic based indices of emphysematous lung destruction may highlight
differences in disease pathogenesis and further enable the classification of subjects with …

Rationale: The rate of decline of lung function is greater than age-related change in a
substantial proportion of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, even after …

Technical advances in medical imaging have provided an opportunity to examine the
airways of the lung more accurately than ever before. The aim of this article is to review the …

Purpose To provide a new detailed visual assessment scheme of computed tomography
(CT) for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by using standard reference images …

Pulmonary functional imaging may be defined as the regional quantification of lung function
by using primarily CT, MRI, and nuclear medicine techniques. The distribution of pulmonary …

It is practical to begin any discussion of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with
the reminder that this group of diseases, which includes a number of different histologic and …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death in the
United States. Affecting over 14 million people, this is a significant health problem. 6 COPD …

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

Recent guidelines define chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as a preventable
and treatable disease characterized by airflow limitation and systemic consequences …

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