Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 46-53 , January 2009

Prevalence of Tracheal Collapse in an Emphysema Cohort as Measured With End-expiration CT

Received 25 April 2008 ,Accepted 22 May 2008.

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1 Grant support was provided by University of California Discovery Grant IT106-10158 in collaboration with Broncus Technologies, Inc., Mountain View, CA, and Emphasys Medical, Inc., Redwood City, CA.

PII: S1076-6332(08)00338-3

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.05.020

Academic Radiology
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