Effect of obesity on pulmonary function test: A comparative study

Acute exacerbation prediction of COPD based on Auto-metric graph neural network with inspiratory and expiratory chest CT images

“…General practitioners use the Pulmonary Function Test (PFT), the gold standard for diagnosing COPD [ 13 ]. However, PFT has its limitations in that patient cooperation is required and PFT parameters cannot reflect the structural morphology of lung tissue [ 14 , 15 ]. Thus, the PFT may lose effectiveness for diagnosing COPD or evaluating AECOPD.…”