Airway morphology from high resolution computed tomography in healthy subjects and patients with moderate persistent asthma

S Montesantos, I Katz, J Fleming, C Majoral… - The anatomical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Models of the human respiratory tract developed in the past were based on measurements
made on human tracheobronchial airways of healthy subjects. With the exception of a few …

Irreversiblity of remodeled features on high-resolution computerized tomography scans of asthmatic patients on conventional therapy: a 6-year longitudinal study

E Kurt, R Ozkan, A Orman, C Calisir… - Journal of Asthma, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Airway remodeling can be assessed using high-resolution computerized tomography
(HRCT) scanning of both parenchymal-and airway abnormalities in patients with asthma …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: CT quantification of airway dimensions, numbers of airways to measure, and effect of bronchodilation

M Hackx, E Gyssels, T Severo Garcia, I De Meulder… - Radiology, 2015 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To determine the effect of bronchodilation on airway indexes reflecting airway
disease in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and to determine the …

Airway dimensions in fatal asthma and fatal COPD: overlap in older patients

A Senhorini, DS Ferreira, C Shiang… - COPD: Journal of …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
In some patients with chronic asthma clinical and physiological similarities with COPD may
exist, such as partial reversibility to bronchodilators and persistent expiratory airflow …

[HTML][HTML] Associations of airway tree to lung volume ratio on computed tomography with lung function and symptoms in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

N Tanabe, S Sato, T Oguma, H Shima, A Sato… - Respiratory …, 2019 - Springer
Background Decreased airway lumen size and increased lung volume are major structural
changes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, even though the outer …

Automated continuous quantitative measurement of proximal airways on dynamic ventilation CT: initial experience using an ex vivo porcine lung phantom

T Yamashiro, M Tsubakimoto, Y Nagatani… - … Journal of Chronic …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of continuous
quantitative measurement of the proximal airways, using dynamic ventilation computed …

Comparison of spatially matched airways reveals thinner airway walls in COPD. The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) COPD Study and the …

BM Smith, EA Hoffman, D Rabinowitz, E Bleecker… - Thorax, 2014 - thorax.bmj.com
Background COPD is characterised by reduced airway lumen dimensions and fewer
peripheral airways. Most studies of airway properties sample airways based upon lumen …

[HTML][HTML] Bronchial wall parameters on CT in healthy never-smoking, smoking, COPD, and asthma populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

I Dudurych, S Muiser, N McVeigh, HAM Kerstjens… - European …, 2022 - Springer
Objective Research on computed tomography (CT) bronchial parameter measurements
shows that there are conflicting results on the values for bronchial parameters in the never …

Longitudinal changes in structural abnormalities using MDCT in COPD: do the CT measurements of airway wall thickness and small pulmonary vessels change in …

S Takayanagi, N Kawata, Y Tada, J Ikari… - … journal of chronic …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background Recent advances in multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) facilitate
acquiring important clinical information for managing patients with COPD. MDCT can detect …

Thin-section CT evidence of bronchial thickening in children with stable asthma: bronchoconstriction or airway remodeling?

L Ketai, C Coutsias, S Williamson, V Coutsias - Academic radiology, 2001 - Elsevier
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The authors performed this study to determine if bronchial
wall thickening is present in children with moderate to severe asthma during periods free …