Automated CT-based decoupling of the effects of airway narrowing and wall thinning on airway counts in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
This automated CT-based study shows that wall thinning dominates airway alteration in mild and moderate COPD while narrowing and obliteration of small airways leads the alteration process in severe COPD.
Authors
- Xinyu Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0253-6138)
- Eric A. Hoffman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8456-9437)
- Prashant Nagpal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2347-034X)
- Punam K. Saha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1576-118X)
- Kung‐Sik Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1800-6190)
- Syed Ahmed Nadeem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5933-3825)
- Alejandro P. Comellas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1521-7520)
Institutions
- University of Iowa (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- ACT (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of Radiology
- Published
- 2024-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bjr/tqae211
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute