Distinct quantitative computed tomography emphysema patterns are associated with physiology and function in smokers

PJ Castaldi, R San José Estépar… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Emphysema occurs in distinct pathologic patterns, but little is known about the
epidemiologic associations of these patterns. Standard quantitative measures of …

Variation in the percent of emphysema-like lung in a healthy, nonsmoking multiethnic sample. The MESA lung study

EA Hoffman, FS Ahmed, H Baumhauer… - Annals of the …, 2014 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Computed tomography (CT)-based lung density is used to quantitate the
percentage of emphysema-like lung (hereafter referred to as percent emphysema), but …

Monitoring of Smoking-induced Emphysema with CT in a Lung Cancer Screening Setting: Detection of Real Increase in Extent of Emphysema1

HA Gietema, AM Schilham, B van Ginneken… - Radiology, 2007 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To retrospectively establish the minimum increase in emphysema score (ES)
required for detection of real increased extent of emphysema with 95% confidence by using …

Pulmonary emphysema: subjective visual grading versus objective quantification with macroscopic morphometry and thin-section CT densitometry

AA Bankier, V De Maertelaer, C Keyzer, PA Gevenois - Radiology, 1999 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To compare subjective visual grading of pulmonary emphysema with
macroscopic morphometry and computed tomographic (CT) densitometry. MATERIALS AND …

Five-year progression of emphysema and air trapping at CT in smokers with and those without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: results from the COPDGene …

E Pompe, M Strand, EM van Rikxoort, EA Hoffman… - Radiology, 2020 - pubs.rsna.org
Background CT is used to quantify abnormal changes in the lung parenchyma of smokers
that might overlap chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but studies on the …

The importance of low-dose CT screening to identify emphysema in asymptomatic participants with and without a prior diagnosis of COPD

D Steiger, MF Siddiqi, R Yip, DF Yankelevitz… - Clinical imaging, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Purpose Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) includes chronic
bronchitis, small airways disease, and emphysema. Diagnosis of COPD requires spirometric …

CT scan findings of emphysema predict mortality in COPD

A Haruna, S Muro, Y Nakano, T Ohara, Y Hoshino… - Chest, 2010 - Elsevier
Background Emphysematous change as assessed by CT imaging has been reported to
correlate with COPD prognostic factors such as FEV 1 and diffusing capacity of the lung for …

Quantitative emphysema on low-dose CT imaging of the chest and risk of lung cancer and airflow obstruction: an analysis of the national lung screening trial

WW Labaki, M Xia, S Murray, CR Hatt, A Al-Abcha… - Chest, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Lung cancer risk prediction models do not routinely incorporate imaging metrics
available on low-dose CT (LDCT) imaging of the chest ordered for lung cancer screening …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: lobe-based visual assessment of volumetric CT by using standard images—comparison with quantitative CT and pulmonary …

SS Kim, JB Seo, HY Lee, DV Nevrekar, AV Forssen… - Radiology, 2013 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To provide a new detailed visual assessment scheme of computed tomography
(CT) for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by using standard reference images …

Emphysematous lesions and lung function in healthy smokers 60 years of age

U Tylen, M Boijsen, A Ekberg-Jansson, B Bake… - Respiratory …, 2000 - Elsevier
We aimed to study the occurrence of emphysematous lesions in symptom free smoking men
of about 60 years of age and in a matching group of never-smoking men and the …