Toward a common coordinate framework for the human body
Understanding the genetic and molecular drivers of phenotypic heterogeneity across
individuals is central to biology. As new technologies enable fine-grained and spatially …
individuals is central to biology. As new technologies enable fine-grained and spatially …
Association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and change in quantitatively assessed emphysema and lung function
Importance While air pollutants at historical levels have been associated with cardiovascular
and respiratory diseases, it is not known whether exposure to contemporary air pollutant …
and respiratory diseases, it is not known whether exposure to contemporary air pollutant …
Novel and powerful 3D adaptive crisp active contour method applied in the segmentation of CT lung images
PP Rebouças Filho, PC Cortez, AC da Silva Barros… - Medical image …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The World Health Organization estimates that 300 million people have asthma, 210
million people have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and, according to …
million people have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and, according to …
Collaborative cohort of cohorts for COVID-19 research (C4R) study: study design
EC Oelsner, A Krishnaswamy, PP Balte… - American journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Collaborative Cohort of Cohorts for COVID-19 Research (C4R) is a national
prospective study of adults comprising 14 established US prospective cohort studies …
prospective study of adults comprising 14 established US prospective cohort studies …
Pulmonary lobe segmentation with probabilistic segmentation of the fissures and a groupwise fissure prior
A fully automated, unsupervised lobe segmentation algorithm is presented based on a
probabilistic segmentation of the fissures and the simultaneous construction of a population …
probabilistic segmentation of the fissures and the simultaneous construction of a population …
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease quantification using CT texture analysis and densitometry: results from the Danish lung cancer screening trial
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study is to establish whether texture analysis and
densitometry are complementary quantitative measures of chronic obstructive pulmonary …
densitometry are complementary quantitative measures of chronic obstructive pulmonary …
A longitudinal cohort study of aspirin use and progression of emphysema-like lung characteristics on CT imaging: the MESA lung study
Background Platelet activation reduces pulmonary microvascular blood flow and contributes
to inflammation; these factors have been implicated in the pathogenesis of COPD and …
to inflammation; these factors have been implicated in the pathogenesis of COPD and …
Classification and quantification of emphysema using a multi-scale residual network
L Peng, L Lin, H Hu, H Li, Q Chen… - IEEE journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automated tissue classification is an essential step for quantitative analysis and treatment of
emphysema. Although many studies have been conducted in this area, there still remain two …
emphysema. Although many studies have been conducted in this area, there still remain two …
Deep learning-enabled accurate normalization of reconstruction kernel effects on emphysema quantification in low-dose CT
H Jin, C Heo, JH Kim - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Lung densitometry is being frequently adopted in CT-based emphysema quantification, yet
known to be affected by the choice of reconstruction kernel. This study presents a two-step …
known to be affected by the choice of reconstruction kernel. This study presents a two-step …
Unsupervised discovery of spatially-informed lung texture patterns for pulmonary emphysema: The MESA COPD study
Unsupervised discovery of pulmonary emphysema subtypes offers the potential for new
definitions of emphysema on lung computed tomography (CT) that go beyond the standard …
definitions of emphysema on lung computed tomography (CT) that go beyond the standard …