Academic Radiology
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 163-168 , February 2010

Quantitative and Qualitative Assessments of Lung Destruction and Pulmonary Functional Loss from Reduced-Dose Thin-Section CT in Pulmonary Emphysema Patients

  • Hisanobu Koyama, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0017, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: H.K.
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  • Yoshiharu Ohno, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0017, Japan
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  • Youichi Yamazaki, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics and Engineering, Faculty of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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  • Munenobu Nogami, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0017, Japan
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  • Kenya Murase, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics and Engineering, Faculty of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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  • Yumiko Onishi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0017, Japan
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  • Keiko Matsumoto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0017, Japan
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  • Daisuke Takenaka, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0017, Japan
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  • Kazuro Sugimura, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0017, Japan

Received 8 June 2008 ,Accepted 27 July 2009.

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 Supported by Toshiba Medical Systems.

PII: S1076-6332(09)00494-2

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.08.009

Academic Radiology
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 163-168 , February 2010

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