Capability of differentiating smokers with normal pulmonary function from COPD patients: a comparison of CT pulmonary volume analysis and MR perfusion imaging.

Objective: To compare CT volume analysis with MR perfusion imaging in differentiating smokers with normal pulmonary function (controls) from COPD patients.Methods: Sixty-two COPD patients and 17 controls were included. The total lung volume (TLV), total emphysema volume (TEV) and emphysema index (EI...

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Publicado en:European Radiology Vol. 23; no. 5; pp. 1234 - 1242
Autores principales: Fan, Li, Xia, Yi, Guan, Yu, Yu, Hong, Zhang, Tie-Feng, Liu, Shi-Yuan, Li, Bing
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature May2013
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