Background: The smoke generated from cannabis delivers biologically active cannabinoids
and a number of combustion-derived toxins, both of which raise questions regarding the …

Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction with one-way endobronchial valves is a guideline
treatment option for patients with advanced emphysema, supported by extensive scientific …

Over the last decade, deep learning (DL) has contributed to a paradigm shift in computer
vision and image recognition creating widespread opportunities of using artificial …

Importance People who smoked cigarettes may experience respiratory symptoms without
spirometric airflow obstruction. These individuals are typically excluded from chronic …

Background Currently, there is limited knowledge regarding which imaging assessments of
asthma are associated with accelerated longitudinal decline in lung function. Objectives We …

Background Experience with functional CT in the lungs without additional equipment in
clinical routine is limited. Purpose To report initial experience and evaluate the robustness of …

Background Clinically differentiating preinvasive lesions (atypical adenomatous
hyperplasia, AAH and adenocarcinoma in situ, AIS) from invasive lesions (minimally …

Background Progression of structural lung disease (SLD) is a major risk factor for morbidity
in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). We studied changes in SLD and correlations with …

In carefully selected patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,
characterized by emphysema and hyperinflation, lung volume reduction is an option to …

We developed a software to automatically measure the linearity between the CT numbers
and densities of objects using an ACR 464 CT phantom, and investigated the CT number …