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Limitations of Airway Dimension Measurement on Images Obtained Using Multi-Detector Row Computed Tomography

Tsuyoshi Oguma, Toyohiro Hirai, Akio Niimi, Hisako Matsumoto, Shigeo Muro, Michio Shigematsu, Takashi Nishimura, Yoshiro Kubo, Michiaki Mishima

PLoS ONE · 2013 · 36 citations · 15 references

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Abstract

Objectives: (a) To assess the effects of computed tomography (CT) scanners, scanning conditions, airway size, and phantom composition on airway dimension measurement and (b) to investigate the limitations of accurate quantitative assessment of small airways using CT images.

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