Novel Subtypes of Pulmonary Emphysema Based on Spatially-Informed Lung Texture Learning

no code implementations • 9 Jul 2020 • Jie Yang, Elsa D. Angelini, Pallavi P. Balte, Eric A. Hoffman, John H. M. Austin, Benjamin M. Smith, R. Graham Barr, Andrew F. Laine

Pulmonary emphysema overlaps considerably with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and is traditionally subcategorized into three subtypes previously identified on autopsy.

Computed Tomography (CT)

Explaining Radiological Emphysema Subtypes with Unsupervised Texture Prototypes: MESA COPD Study

no code implementations • 5 Dec 2016 • Jie Yang, Elsa D. Angelini, Benjamin M. Smith, John H. M. Austin, Eric A. Hoffman, David A. Bluemke, R. Graham Barr, Andrew F. Laine

Pulmonary emphysema is traditionally subcategorized into three subtypes, which have distinct radiological appearances on computed tomography (CT) and can help with the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Computed Tomography (CT)