The term 'emphysema'is generally used in a morphological sense, and therefore imaging
modalities have an important role in diagnosing this disease. In particular, high resolution …

Pulmonary emphysema is characterized by irreversible destruction of lung parenchyma.
Emphysema is a major contributor to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which …

Accurate diagnosis and quantification of pulmonary emphysema in vivo is important to
understand the natural history of the disease, to assess the extent of the disease, and to …

In the last decade, several studies have suggested the possible role of computed
tomography (CT) in the detection and the quantification of pulmonary emphysema. In order …

Purpose: To prospectively compare pulmonary function tests and helical computed
tomographic (CT) indexes for quantifying pulmonary emphysema with macroscopic and …

In patients with pulmonary emphysema, emphysematous changes are not uniform and vary
from minimum alveolar destruction to advanced bullous formation, depending on the lobe or …

Purpose: To test the hypothesis that the frequency-size distribution of low-attenuation areas
could be a parameter to quantify pulmonary emphysema. Materials and Methods: Ethics …

PURPOSE: Thin-section CT is the modality of choice for morphological imaging the lung
parenchyma, while proton-MRI might be used for functional assessment. However, the …

Abstract Saitoh T, Koba H, Shijubo N, Tanaka H, Sugaya F. Lobar distribution of emphysema
in computed tomographic densitometric analysis. Invest Radiol 2000; 35: 235–243 …

Purpose To prospectively investigate the effect of submaximal inspiration on computed
tomographic (CT) indexes used to quantify emphysema and to discriminate between effects …