Open AccessQuantitative computed tomography analysis of emphysema severity and distribution in chronic obstructive lung disease, correlation with clinical findings
Author(s) -
Eranıl Aslan,
Furkan Kaya,
Esra Özgül,
Aydın Balcı,
Emin Demirel,
Ersin Günay
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
tuberkuloz ve toraks/tüberküloz ve toraks
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0494-1373
DOI - 10.5578/tt.20219706
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , densitometry , percentile , kurtosis , receiver operating characteristic , radiology , pulmonary function testing , computed tomography , nuclear medicine , pulmonary disease , lung volumes , quantitative computed tomography , lung , skewness , mathematics , bone density , statistics , osteoporosis
This study aimed to evaluate the correlation between different densitometric parameters on chest computed tomography (CT) and pulmonary function tests (PFT) of patients with emphysema-predominant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).