Quantitative computed tomography in COPD: possibilities and limitations

OM Mets, PA De Jong, B Van Ginneken, HA Gietema… - Lung, 2012 - Springer
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous disease that is
characterized by chronic airflow limitation. Unraveling of this heterogeneity is challenging …

New and current clinical imaging techniques to study chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

HO Coxson, J Mayo, S Lam, G Santyr… - American journal of …, 2009 - atsjournals.org
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous disease characterized
by both small airway and parenchymal abnormalities. There is increasing evidence to …

European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society technical statement: standardisation of the measurement of lung volumes, 2023 update

NR Bhakta, A McGowan, KA Ramsey… - European …, 2023 - Eur Respiratory Soc
This document updates the 2005 European Respiratory Society (ERS) and American
Thoracic Society (ATS) technical standard for the measurement of lung volumes. The 2005 …

Comparison of shallow and deep learning methods on classifying the regional pattern of diffuse lung disease

GB Kim, KH Jung, Y Lee, HJ Kim, N Kim, S Jun… - Journal of digital …, 2018 - Springer
This study aimed to compare shallow and deep learning of classifying the patterns of
interstitial lung diseases (ILDs). Using high-resolution computed tomography images, two …

Optimal threshold in CT quantification of emphysema

Z Wang, S Gu, JK Leader, S Kundu, JR Tedrow… - European …, 2013 - Springer
Objectives To determine the optimal threshold by quantitatively assessing the extent of
emphysema at the level of the entire lung and at the level of individual lobes using a large …

Effects of CT section thickness and reconstruction kernel on emphysema quantification: relationship to the magnitude of the CT emphysema index

DS Gierada, AJ Bierhals, CK Choong, ST Bartel… - Academic radiology, 2010 - Elsevier
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Computed tomography (CT) section thickness and
reconstruction kernel each influence CT measurements of emphysema. This study was …

Early prediction of tumor recurrence based on CT texture changes after stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) for lung cancer

SA Mattonen, DA Palma, CJA Haasbeek… - Medical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Benign computed tomography (CT) changes due to radiation induced lung injury
(RILI) are common following stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) and can be difficult to …

Ultra‐low‐dose CT image denoising using modified BM3D scheme tailored to data statistics

T Zhao, J Hoffman, M McNitt‐Gray, D Ruan - Medical physics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose It is important to enhance image quality for low‐dose CT acquisitions to push the
ALARA boundary. Current state‐of‐the‐art block‐matching three‐dimensional (BM3D) …

Body mass index in male patients with COPD: correlation with low attenuation areas on CT

E Ogawa, Y Nakano, T Ohara, S Muro, T Hirai, S Sato… - Thorax, 2009 - thorax.bmj.com
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterised by the
presence of airflow limitation caused by loss of lung elasticity and/or airway narrowing. The …

Genome-wide Association Study Identifies BICD1 as a Susceptibility Gene for Emphysema

X Kong, MH Cho, W Anderson, HO Coxson… - American journal of …, 2011 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), characterized by airflow
limitation, is a disorder with high phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity. Pulmonary …