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Lung transplant is performed to treat a number of end-stage pulmonary diseases. Because many of the imaging features of post-transplant complications are nonspecific, accurate interpretation of surveillance scans following lung transplantation requires knowledge of modern surgical techniques and predictable post-procedure complications based on the time course after surgery. Computed tomography (CT) is the mainstay of lung transplantation imaging and will be the primary focus of this review.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA

    Michael Kadoch M.D.

  2. Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    H. Henry Guo M.D., Ph.D.

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Kadoch, M., Guo, H.H. (2018). Lung Transplantation Imaging. In: Fananapazir, G., Lamba, R. (eds) Transplantation Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75266-2_3

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