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

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

Background CT manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 may differ among variants. Purpose To
compare the chest CT findings of SARS-CoV-2 between the Delta and Omicron variants …

Rationale: Deep learning is a powerful tool that may allow for improved outcome prediction.
Objectives: To determine if deep learning, specifically convolutional neural network (CNN) …

Recent studies show that pulmonary vascular diseases may specifically affect arteries or
veins through different physiologic mechanisms. To detect changes in the two vascular …

Lung cancer is the most frequently fatal cancer, with poor survival once the disease is
advanced. Annual low-dose computed tomography has shown a survival benefit in …

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 …

Background COPD is associated with significant morbidity primarily driven by acute
exacerbations. Relative pulmonary artery (PA) enlargement, defined as a PA to ascending …

Training convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for segmentation of pulmonary airway,
artery, and vein is challenging due to sparse supervisory signals caused by the severe class …

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