CONTENTS
I. Introduction II. Objectives
III. Original Studies
1. Severe COPD Exacerbation: CT Features.
2. COPD: CT Quantification of Airway Dimensions, Numbers of Airways to Measure, and Effect of Bronchodilation.
3. Variabilities of CT Airway Measurements in COPD patients between Morning and Afternoon: Comparisons with Variabilities of Spirometric Measurements.
4. Effect of Total Lung Capacity, Gender and Height on CT airways measurements. IV. Results
V. Discussion
VI. Conclusion and Perspectives VII. References