Quantifying the spatial clustering characteristics of radiographic emphysema explains variability in pulmonary function

Abstract Quantitative assessment of emphysema in CT scans has mostly focused on calculating the percentage of lung tissue that is deemed abnormal based on a density thresholding strategy. However, this overall measure of disease burden discards virtually all the spatial information encoded in the sc...

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Main Authors: Brian E. Vestal, Debashis Ghosh, Raúl San José Estépar, Katerina Kechris, Tasha Fingerlin, Nichole E. Carlson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-40950-8