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Pulmonary emphysema: quantitative CT during expiration.

DOI

226

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0

References

1996

Year

Pierre Alain Gevenois, Paul De Vuyst, M Sy, Pietro Scillia, L Chaminade, Viviane De Maertelaer, J Zanen, Jean Claude Yernault
Radiology

Abstract

Expiratory quantitative CT is not as accurate as inspiratory CT for quantifying pulmonary emphysema and probably reflects air trapping more than reduction in the alveolar wall surface.