Chest CT scans obtained in multicentre clinical routine assessments are sufficient to develop a prediction function for emphysema from lung function

Rudolf A Jörres (Munich, Germany), Rudolf A. Jörres, Frank Biertz, Charlotte Vogel, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Jürgen Biederer, Bertram Jobst, Joachim Heinrich, Armin Koch, Henrik Watz, Tobias Welte, Claus Vogelmeier

Source: International Congress 2015 – CT, PET, MRI modalities: fusion of anatomical and functional variables for lung assessment
Disease area: Airway diseases

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