Academic Radiology
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 399-401 , March 2010

Drs Hoffman and Barr Replies:

  • Eric A. Hoffman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Radiology, Internal Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52240
    • ,
  • R. Graham Barr, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, Columbia University Medical Center

Received 15 December 2009 ,Accepted 15 December 2009.

References 

  1. Sieren J, Halaweish A, Guo J, et al. Reconstruction kernel effects on quantitative CT airway and lung density. Am J Respir Crit Card Med. 2009;179:A3532
  2. Reddy S, Barr RG, Berbaum K, et al. Quantitative evaluation of emphysema: is coronary calcium screening CT a surrogate for a full lung study? Radiological Society of North America 91st Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL: 2005, p. 638.
  3. Coxson HO, Rogers RM, Whittall KP, et al. A quantification of the lung surface area in emphysema using computed tomography. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1999;159:851–856
  4. Madani A, Zanen J, de Maertelaer V, et al. Pulmonary emphysema: objective quantification at multi-detector row CT—comparison with macroscopic and microscopic morphometry. Radiology. 2006;238:1036–1043
  5. Hsia CC, Hyde DM, Ochs M, et al. Commentaries on viewpoint: use of mean airspace chord length to assess emphysema. To be or not to be-accurate. J Appl Physiol. 2008;105:1982–1983author reply 1986–1987

 Eric Hoffman is a founder and share holder of VIDA Diagnostics, Inc. This company is commercializing software derived from work of Dr. Hoffman and colleagues which provides quantitative information from CT images of the lung.

PII: S1076-6332(09)00672-2

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.12.002

Academic Radiology
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 399-401 , March 2010

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