Abstract Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a growing health concern, is the
fourth leading cause of death in the United States. While people habituated to smoking …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a preventable and treatable respiratory
disease with some significant extrapulmonary effects that may contribute to the severity in …

COPD is diagnosed and evaluated by pulmonary function testing (PFT). Chest computed
tomography (CT) primarily serves a descriptive role for diagnosis and severity evaluation …

Computed tomography (CT) has contributed substantially to our understanding of COPD
over the past decade. Visual and quantitative assessments of CT in COPD are …

CT scans of 474 patients with suspected chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
were retrospectively evaluated by automated software. There was a correlation between the …

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 …

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

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 …

Although imaging of patient with COPD in not recommended in clinical practice, many
researches and drug trial include imaging studies in evaluation of COPD. In particular, thin …

Computed tomography (CT), a medical imaging technique, offers a detailed view of the
human body that can be used for direct inspection of the lung tissue. This allows for in vivo …