Impact of emphysema heterogeneity on pulmonary function.

To investigate the association between emphysema heterogeneity in spatial distribution, pulmonary function and disease severity.We ascertained a dataset of anonymized Computed Tomography (CT) examinations acquired on 565 participants in a COPD study. Subjects with chronic bronchitis (CB) and/or bron...

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Main Authors: Jieyang Ju, Ruosha Li, Suicheng Gu, Joseph K Leader, Xiaohua Wang, Yahong Chen, Bin Zheng, Shandong Wu, David Gur, Frank Sciurba, Jiantao Pu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4237430?pdf=render