Academic Radiology
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 146-156, February 2010

Effects of CT Section Thickness and Reconstruction Kernel on Emphysema Quantification:

Relationship to the Magnitude of the CT Emphysema Index

  • David S. Gierada, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd., Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63105
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: D.S.G.
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  • Andrew J. Bierhals, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd., Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63105
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  • Cliff K. Choong, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd., Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63105
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  • Seth T. Bartel, MS

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd., Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63105
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  • Jon H. Ritter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd., Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63105
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  • Nitin A. Das, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd., Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63105
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  • Cheng Hong, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd., Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63105
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  • Thomas K. Pilgram, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd., Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63105
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  • Kyongtae T. Bae, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd., Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63105
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  • Bruce R. Whiting, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd., Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63105
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  • Jason C. Woods, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd., Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63105
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  • James C. Hogg, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • James Hogg iCapture Center, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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  • Barbara A. Lutey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd., Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63105
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  • Richard J. Battafarano, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd., Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63105
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  • Joel D. Cooper, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd., Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63105
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  • Bryan F. Meyers, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd., Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63105
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  • G. Alexander Patterson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd., Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63105

Received 24 December 2008; accepted 24 August 2009. published online 20 November 2009.

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 Current affiliations: Monash University, Australia (C.K.C); University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (C.H.); University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (K.T.B.); University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD (R.J.B.).

 Supported by National Institutes of Health grant R01 HL72369.

PII: S1076-6332(09)00492-9

doi:10.1016/j.acra.2009.08.007

Academic Radiology
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 146-156, February 2010

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