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From: Thoracic skeletal muscle quantification: low muscle mass is related with worse prognosis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients

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a, b: Sample computed tomography (CT) scans used to determine muscle area in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis case subjects. Chest CT examinations were obtained by using 24-detector CT scanners (Somatom Emotion 16; Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany). Non-contrast CTs were used in the analysis. Quantitative assessment of the CSA was performed semi-automatically with Aquarius iNtuition Viewer (ver. 4.4.11, TeraRecon Inc., San Mateo, CA, USA) (a) Axial CT image of the 4th thoracic vertebral region. Pectoralis, intercostalis, paraspinals, serratus, and latissimus muscles are in blue. b Axial CT image of the 12th thoracic vertebral region. Erector spinae muscles are in blue

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