CT-Based Local Distribution Metric Improves Characterization of COPD

Abstract Parametric response mapping (PRM) of paired CT lung images has been shown to improve the phenotyping of COPD by allowing for the visualization and quantification of non-emphysematous air trapping component, referred to as functional small airways disease (fSAD). Although promising, large va...

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Main Authors: Benjamin A. Hoff, Esther Pompe, Stefanie Galbán, Dirkje S. Postma, Jan-Willem J. Lammers, Nick H. T. ten Hacken, Leo Koenderman, Timothy D. Johnson, Stijn E. Verleden, Pim A. de Jong, Firdaus A. A. Mohamed Hoesein, Maarten van den Berge, Brian D. Ross, Craig J. Galbán
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02871-1