First-and second-hand exposure to smoke or air pollutants is the primary cause of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) pathogenesis, where genetic and age-related …

Lung imaging is increasingly being used to diagnose, quantify, and phenotype chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although spirometry is the gold standard for the …

In early stages of various pulmonary diseases, such as emphysema and fibrosis, the change
in X-ray attenuation is not detectable with absorption-based radiography. To monitor the …

This article investigates the classification of normal and COPD subjects on the basis of
respiratory sound analysis using machine learning techniques. Thirty COPD and 25 healthy …

Purpose To test the hypothesis that the joint distribution of x-ray transmission and dark-field
signals obtained with a compact cone-beam preclinical scanner with a polychromatic source …

Although chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major global health problem
with a rising incidence and morbidity, few pharmacotherapeutic advances have been made …

Abstract Changes in x-ray attenuating tissue caused by lung disorders like emphysema or
fibrosis are subtle and thus only resolved by high-resolution computed tomography (CT) …

Objectives To evaluate a semi-automated segmentation and ventilated lung quantification
on chest computed tomography (CT) to assess lung involvement in patients affected by …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive disease that affects> 10% of the total
population worldwide or> 800 million people. CKD poses a particularly heavy burden in low …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to assess whether the recently developed method
of grating-based x-ray dark-field radiography can improve the diagnosis of pulmonary …