MDCT-based longitudinal automated airway and air trapping analysis in school-age children with mild cystic fibrosis lung disease

• Main Authors: Oliver Weinheimer (Author), Philip Konietzke (Author), Willi L. Wagner (Author), Dorothea Weber (Author), Beverly Newman (Author), Craig J. Galbán (Author), Hans-Ulrich Kauczor (Author), Marcus A. Mall (Author), Terry E. Robinson (Author), Mark O. Wielpütz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ObjectivesQuantitative computed tomography (QCT) offers some promising markers to quantify cystic fibrosis (CF)-lung disease. Air trapping may precede irreversible bronchiectasis; therefore, the temporal interdependencies of functional and structural lung disease need to be further investigated. We...