US7985187B2 - Airway bypass site selection and treatment planning - Google Patents
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The purpose of this work was to explore the use of image registration-derived variables
associated with computed tomographic (CT) imaging of the lung acquired at multiple …

Recent evidence suggests that endothelial dysfunction and pathology of pulmonary vascular
responses may serve as a precursor to smoking-associated emphysema. Although it is …

From the first measurements of the distribution of pulmonary blood flow using radioactive
tracers by West and colleagues (J Clin Invest 40: 1–12, 1961) allowing gravitational …

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Pulmonary x‐ray computed tomographic (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
research and development has been motivated, in part, by the quest to subphenotype …

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is increasingly applied in the respiratory domain. The
ability to simulate the flow through a bifurcating tubular system has increased the insight into …

Objectives To propose and evaluate a method to reduce variability in emphysema
quantification among different computed tomography (CT) reconstructions by normalizing …

Imaging of the lungs in patients with asthma has evolved dramatically over the last decade
with sophisticated techniques, such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging …

Numerous imaging techniques permit evaluation of regional pulmonary function. Contrast-
enhanced CT methods now allow assessment of vasculature and lung perfusion …