Quantitative lung morphology: semi-automated measurement of mean linear intercept

Quantitative lung morphology: semi-automated measurement of mean linear intercept

Abstract Background Quantifying morphologic changes is critical to our understanding of the pathophysiology of the lung. Mean linear intercept (MLI) measures are important in the assessment of clinically relevant pathology, such as emphysema. However, qualitative measures are prone to error and bias...

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Main Authors: George Crowley, Sophia Kwon, Erin J. Caraher, Syed Hissam Haider, Rachel Lam, Prag Batra, Daniel Melles, Mengling Liu, Anna Nolan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Emphysema
Obstructive airways disease
Lung architecture
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-019-0915-6

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