Comparing airway morphometry and lung density in asthma, COPD and healthy controls using quantitative CT (QCT)

R. Hartley, B. Barker, M. Pakkal, S. Siddiqui, M. Bafadhel, S. Gupta, C. Brightling (Leicester, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Structural and functional imaging discussion: sometimes different but always linked
Disease area: Airway diseases

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