Executive summary Despite substantial progress in reducing the global impact of many non-
communicable diseases, including heart disease and cancer, morbidity and mortality due to …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the leading global causes of
morbidity and mortality. A hallmark of COPD is progressive airflow obstruction primarily …

The Genetic Epidemiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPDGene) study,
which began in 2007, is an ongoing multicenter observational cohort study of more than …

Although increasing used in the preclinical testing of new anti-fibrotic drugs, a thorough
validation of micro-computed tomography (CT) in pulmonary fibrosis models has not been …

Multiple thoracic imaging modalities have been developed to link structure to function in the
diagnosis and monitoring of lung disease. Volumetric computed tomography (CT) renders …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with morphologic
abnormalities of airways with various patterns and severities. However, the way of effectively …

Medical imaging plays a key role in evaluating and monitoring lung diseases such as
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer. The application of artificial …

Background: Correlations between upright CT and pulmonary function test (PFT)
measurements, and differences in lung/lobe/airway volumes between supine and standing …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex and multi-component
respiratory disease. Computed tomography (CT) images can characterize lesions in COPD …

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex and irreversible
respiratory disease with potential morphological abnormalities of the airway and lung fields …