Dyspnea is the most common symptom experienced by patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD). To avoid exertional dyspnea, many patients adopt a sedentary …

Dual-energy CT has remained underutilized over the past decade probably due to a
cumbersome workflow issue and current technical limitations. Clinical radiologists should be …

In this paper, we present a semi-supervised deep learning approach to accurately recover
high-resolution (HR) CT images from low-resolution (LR) counterparts. Specifically, with the …

Deep learning empowers the mainstream medical image segmentation methods.
Nevertheless, current deep segmentation approaches are not capable of efficiently and …

The X-ray imaging field is currently undergoing a period of rapid technological innovation in
diagnostic imaging equipment. An important recent development is the advent of new X-ray …

Multidetector row computed tomography (MDCT) is increasingly taking a central role in
identifying subphenotypes within chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma …

Disclosures: DJ Nolan reported personal fees from Angiocrine Bioscience outside the
submitted work; in addition, DJ Nolan had a patent number 8,465,732 issued (Angiocrine …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a prevalent, heterogeneous disorder with
varying presentation and progression but with a limited number of disease-modifying …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exhibits significant heterogeneity in its
clinical presentation and rate of disease progression among affected individuals, owing at …

Background Blood biomarkers are increasingly used to stratify high risk chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) patients; however, there are fewer studies that have …