Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the end result of a series of dynamic and
cumulative gene–environment interactions over a lifetime. The evolving understanding of …

Chronic airflow limitation is the common denominator of patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD). However, it is not possible to predict morbidity and mortality of …

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 …

The purpose of this statement is to describe and define the phenotypic abnormalities that
can be identified on visual and quantitative evaluation of computed tomographic (CT) …

Purpose To determine whether visually assessed patterns of emphysema at CT might
provide a simple assessment of mortality risk among cigarette smokers. Materials and …

Background COPD is a leading cause of mortality. Research Question We hypothesized that
applying machine learning to clinical and quantitative CT imaging features would improve …

Disease progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is variable, with
some patients having a relatively stable course, while others suffer relentless progression …

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

Background and objective The availability of chest computed tomography (CT) imaging can
help diagnose comorbidities associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Background There is a paucity of studies comparing asthma and chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) based on thoracic quantitative computed tomographic (QCT) …