Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic progressive disease of unknown cause
characterized by relentless scarring of the lung parenchyma leading to reduced quality of life …

Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a disease with significant morbidity and
mortality. Patients short survival time, high mortality and generally rapid decline raise the …

Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease of unknown cause, occurs worldwide and has a
highly variable prevalence. The disease is typically dominant in the lungs, although it can …

As of May 6, 2020, nearly 3· 7 million people have been infected and around 260 000
people have died from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide. 1 Almost all …

Within the spectrum of fibrosing interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) is a subset of patients who
have inexorable progression of pulmonary fibrosis despite treatment, which is known as the …

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is an increasingly recognized complication of rheumatoid
arthritis (RA) and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. In addition …

Abstract Background Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) or Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
(UIP) is a form of chronic fibrosing interstitial pneumonia of unknown aetiology, with …

Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), which can arise from a broad spectrum of distinct
aetiologies, can manifest as a pulmonary complication of an underlying autoimmune and …

Background Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease is a potential risk factor for the development
and progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). We aimed to investigate the effect of …

In this paper, we address the problem of moving object segmentation using background
subtraction. Solving this problem is very important for many applications: visual surveillance …