Open AccessEffects of Bronchodilators on Regional Lung Sound Distribution in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Author(s) -
Masamichi Mineshita,
Shin Matsuoka,
Teruomi Miyazawa
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000350228
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary disease , lung , sound (geography) , obstructive lung disease , copd , disease , asthma , lung disease , intensive care medicine , respiratory disease , cardiology , geomorphology , geology
Bronchodilators have been reported to influence regional lung ventilation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which may change regional lung sound distribution. Vibration response imaging (VRI) is a lung imaging system for the assessment of breath sounds.
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