Pulmonary emphysema, together with chronic bronchitis is a part of chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD), which is one of the leading causes of death in the United States …

Computed Tomography (CT) has been proved to be the most accurate imaging modality to
diagnose emphysema in vivo. Our study was aimed at comparing different CT methods for …

Pulmonary emphysema is characterized by irreversible destruction of lung parenchyma.
Emphysema is a major contributor to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which …

Pulmonary emphysema is a pathological diagnosis. The clinical diagnosis of emphysema
can be difficult because correlations between results of lung function tests and the extent of …

Computed tomography (CT) is used to detect emphysematous changes in the lungs of living
patients. It is therefore important to develop a standard method for the radiographic …

Objective To evaluate whether a simple semi-quantitative method aided by software
enhanced visualization can be reliable enough for the quantification of emphysema during …

The emerging role of quantitative computed tomography (CT) in the evaluation of pulmonary
emphysema is reviewed. CT is primarily used in the clinical setting to assess lung …

Pulmonary emphysema is defined as an abnormal enlargement of alveolar spaces distal to
the terminal bronchioles, with alveolar wall disruption and without obvious fibrosis. Clinico …

Accurate diagnosis and quantification of pulmonary emphysema in vivo is important to
understand the natural history of the disease, to assess the extent of the disease, and to …

Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is composed of two diseases:
chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Methods and results for emphysema: The essence of …