RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: We propose an automated segmentation pipeline based on deep learning for proton lung MRI segmentation and ventilation-based quantification which improves on our previously reported methodologies in terms of computational eff...
International journal for numerical methods in biomedical engineering
Jun 26, 2018
In asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, some airways of the tracheobronchial tree can be constricted, from moderate narrowing up to closure. Those pathological patterns of obstructions affect the lung ventilation distribution. While some...
International journal of environmental research and public health
Dec 27, 2017
Refractory ceramic fibers (RCFs) can cause adverse health effects on workers' respiratory system, yet no proper biomarkers have been used to detect early pulmonary injury of RCFs-exposed workers. This study assessed the levels of two biomarkers that ...
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
Oct 1, 2020
Two distinct phenotypes of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with differential clinical outcomes and responses to randomly assigned treatment have consistently been identified in randomized controlled trial cohorts using latent class analys...
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