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Chapter
Imaging the Injured Lung
Since the first clinical description of the syndrome of acute respiratory distress in adults (ARDS), an abnormal chest radiograph has come to be regarded as a sine qua non for the diagnosis of the established con...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A hybrid approach for the detection of small airways disease from Computed Tomographic images
Bronchiolar obstruction is commonly manifested in Computed Tomographic (CT) images as areas of decreased attenuation relative to adjacent normal lung parenchyma. The certain identification of such areas is dif...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
ERS Transform for the Detection of Bronchi on CT of the Lungs
The identification of bronchi on Computed Tomography (CT) images of the lungs provides valuable clinical information for the assessment of patients with suspected bronchiectasis, emphysema, or constrictive obl...
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Article
Computed tomography of diffuse lung disease: functional correlates
An appreciation of functional and morphological characteristics is fundamental to the understanding of diffuse lung disease. The detailed information available from high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) ...
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Article
Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias: imaging–pathology correlation
The terminology related to idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP) remains confusing and in some cases wholly inaccurate. In addition, a greater understanding of the correlation between high-resolution comput...
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Article
Organizing pneumonia: the many morphological faces
Organizing pneumonia is a non-specific response to various forms of lung injury and is the pathological hallmark of the distinct clinical entity termed cryptogenic organizing pneumonia. The typical imaging fe...
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Article
Loss of FEV1 in cystic fibrosis: correlation with HRCT features
The purpose of this study was to determine which high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) features in patients with cystic fibrosis are most strongly associated with functional impairment as expressed by fo...
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Article
Traction bronchiectasis in cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis: associated computed tomographic features and physiological significance
Our objective was to evaluate the associated CT features and physiological consequences of traction bronchiectasis in patients with cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (CFA). The CT scans of 212 patients with CFA...
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Article
Aspergillus in the lung: diverse and coincident forms
Pulmonary disease caused by the fungus Aspergillus has traditionally been regarded as belonging to one of the following, apparently distinct, entities: saprophytic aspergilloma; allergic bronchopulmonary aspergil...
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Chapter
Computed tomography (CT) scans in COPD
Structural information about the lungs has been obtainable for over one hundred years through imaging techniques. Cross-sectional computed tomography (CT) provides a great advance over conventional radiography...
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Chapter
HRCT — Pathologic Correlations in Small Airways Diseases
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Article
Imaging of macrophage-related lung diseases
Macrophage-related pulmonary diseases are a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by macrophage accumulation, activation or dysfunction. These conditions include smoking-related interstitial lung dise...
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Article
Quantification of emphysema: a composite physiologic index derived from CT estimation of disease extent
The combination of functional indices best reflecting the extent of emphysema is not known. High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) studies of 106 patients with emphysema [men=71; median age=61 (range=26–86...
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Reference Work Entry In depth
Interstitial Lung Diseases, Known Causes or Association
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Reference Work Entry In depth
Interstitial Lung Diseases, Unknown Etiology
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Chapter
Smoking-Related Small Airways and Interstitial Lung Disease
The consequences of airways and interstitial inflammation caused by cigarette smoking are many and varied. In addition to well-recognized smoking-related disorders, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema, ...
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Article
Open AccessNon-specific interstitial pneumonia in cigarette smokers: a CT study
The goal of this study was to seek indirect evidence that smoking is an aetiological factor in some patients with non-specific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP). Ten current and eight ex-smokers with NSIP were com...
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Article
Bronchial diverticula in smokers on thin-section CT
The objective was to determine the prevalence of bronchial diverticula in smokers on thin-section CT and the relationship to clinical and other morphological features on CT. Thin-section CT images of 503 cigar...
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Article
Diffuse interstitial lung disease: overlaps and uncertainties
Histopathological analysis of lung biopsy material allows the diagnosis of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias; however, the strength of this diagnosis is sometimes subverted by interobserver variation and samp...
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Article
Fibrotic idiopathic interstitial pneumonias: HRCT findings that predict mortality
The study aims were to identify CT features that predict outcome of fibrotic idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP) when information from lung biopsy data is unavailable.
