Mario Kinsella, Néstor L. Müller, Raja T. Abboud, Nancy Morrison et al.
We used a CT program "density mask" outlining areas with attenuation values less than -910 HU, to indicate areas of emphysema on a chest CT and to provide an overall percentage of lung involvement by emphysema. The "density mask" quantitation of emphysema was previously shown to correlate well with ...
Cristiano Rabelo Nogueira, Lara Maris Nápolis, Ericson Bagatin, Mário Terra Filho et al.
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary function tests (PFT), particularly spirometry and lung diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DL(CO) ), have been considered useful methods for the detection of the progression of interstitial asbestos abnormalities as indicated by high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT). H...