Xenon-Enhanced Dual-Energy CT Imaging in Combined Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema.

Little has been reported on the feasibility of xenon-enhanced dual-energy computed tomography (Xe-DECT) in the visual and quantitative analysis of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE).We compared CPFE with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COP...

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Main Authors: Keishi Sugino, Masahiro Kobayashi, Yasuhiko Nakamura, Kyoko Gocho, Fumiaki Ishida, Kazutoshi Isobe, Nobuyuki Shiraga, Sakae Homma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5249235?pdf=render