The cross sectional area of diaphragmati
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K. W. M. Scott; Joyce Hoy
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Article
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1976
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The cross-sectional area of diaphragmatic muscle fibres was measured using a Quantimet 720 image analysis system in 18 patients with emphysema and six control non-emphysematous patients. The technique proved to be an accurate method of measuring muscle fibre area and much more rapid than the previou