CT quantification of pulmonary vessels in lung aging

To evaluate the effect of aging on pulmonary vessels based on computed tomography (CT) quantification and analyse the correlation between quantitative pulmonary vascular volume and pulmonary function during aging. A total of 330 healthy adult volunteers, including 161 men (53 aged 20–39 years, 61 aged 40–59 years, and 47 aged ≥60 years) and 169 women (53 aged 20–39 years, 63 aged 40–59 years, and 53 aged ≥60 years) were recruited in this study. AVIEW software was used to quantitatively measure pulmonary vascular volume, including pulmonary total blood vessel volume (TBV) and small blood vessel volume with a cross-sectional area of