[HTML][HTML] Cigarette smoking and airway wall thickness on CT scan in a multi-ethnic cohort: the MESA Lung Study

KM Donohue, EA Hoffman, H Baumhauer, J Guo… - Respiratory …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Autopsy studies show that smoking contributes to airway wall hyperplasia
and narrowing of the airway lumen. Studies of smoking and airway measures on computed …

[HTML][HTML] Airway wall thickening on CT: relation to smoking status and severity of COPD

JP Charbonnier, E Pompe, C Moore, S Humphries… - Respiratory …, 2019 - Elsevier
Airway wall thickening in cigarette smokers is thought to be a result of inflammatory changes
and airway remodeling. This study investigates if CT-derived airway wall thickening …

Airway wall thickness in cigarette smokers: quantitative thin-section CT assessment

P Berger, V Perot, P Desbarats, JM Tunon-de-Lara… - Radiology, 2005 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To design and validate a dedicated software tool to measure airway dimensions
on thin-section computed tomographic (CT) images and to use the tool to prospectively …

Airway wall thickness on HRCT scans decreases with age and increases with smoking

ED Telenga, M Oudkerk, PMA van Ooijen… - BMC pulmonary …, 2017 - Springer
Background To investigate if age, gender and smoking are associated with airway wall
thickness (AWT) measured by high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and if higher …

Longitudinal airway remodeling in active and past smokers in a lung cancer screening population

BJ Jobst, O Weinheimer, T Buschulte, M Trauth… - European …, 2019 - Springer
Objectives To longitudinally investigate smoking cessation-related changes of quantitative
computed tomography (QCT)–based airway metrics in a group of heavy smokers. Methods …

Chronic respiratory symptoms associated with airway wall thickening measured by thin-slice low-dose CT

X Xie, AE Dijkstra, JM Vonk… - American Journal of …, 2014 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. In lung cancer screening, the prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms is
high among heavy smokers. The purpose of this study was to compare CT-derived airway …

Low-dose CT measurements of airway dimensions and emphysema associated with airflow limitation in heavy smokers: a cross sectional study

AE Dijkstra, DS Postma, N ten Hacken, JM Vonk… - Respiratory …, 2013 - Springer
Background Increased airway wall thickness (AWT) and parenchymal lung destruction
bothcontribute to airflow limitation. Advances in computed tomography (CT) post-processing …

Quantitative computed tomography: emphysema and airway wall thickness by sex, age and smoking

TB Grydeland, A Dirksen, HO Coxson… - European …, 2009 - Eur Respiratory Soc
We investigated how quantitative high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) measures
of emphysema and airway wall thickness (AWT) vary with sex, age and smoking history. We …

Prognostic significance of large airway dimensions on computed tomography in the general population. The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA) lung study

EC Oelsner, BM Smith, EA Hoffman… - Annals of the …, 2018 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Large airway dimensions on computed tomography (CT) have been associated
with lung function, symptoms, and exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Gender differences of airway dimensions in anatomically matched sites on CT in smokers

YI Kim, J Schroeder, D Lynch, J Newell… - COPD: Journal of …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Rationale and Objectives: There are limited data on, and controversies regarding gender
differences in the airway dimensions of smokers. Multi-detector CT (MDCT) images were …