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Large Airways at CT: Bronchiectasis, Asthma and COPD

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Book cover Functional Imaging of the Chest

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Diagn Imaging))

Abstract

Combining helical volumetric CT acquisition and thin-slice thickness during breath hold provides an accurate assessment of both focal and diffuse airway diseases. With multiple detector rows, compared to single slice helical CT, multislice CT can cover a greater volume during a simple breath hold, and with better longitudinal and in-plane spatial resolution and improved temporal resolution. The result in data set allows the generation of superior multiplanar and 3-dimensional images of the airways, including those obtained from techniques developed specifically for airway imaging, such as CT bronchography and virtual bronchoscopy. Improvement in image analysis techniques and the use of spirometric control of lung volume acquisition have made possible accurate and reproducible quantitative assessment of airway wall, lumen areas and lung density. This quantitative assessment of the airways will lead to the increasing use of CT as a research tool for better insights in physiopathology of obstructive lung disease, particularly in COPD and asthma, with an ultimate benefit in clinical practice.

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    Catalin Fetita PhD & Françoise Preteux PhD

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Grenier, P.A., Beigelman-Aubry, C., Fetita, C., Preteux, F. (2004). Large Airways at CT: Bronchiectasis, Asthma and COPD. In: Kauczor, HU. (eds) Functional Imaging of the Chest. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18621-9_3

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