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Interstitial Lung Disease

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Imaging is important in the differential diagnosis as well as in the assessment of functional constraints and therapy response in interstitial lung disease. Imaging has to address three main topics: (1) visualization and recognition of morphological changes and their patterns; (2) assessment of pulmonary function, i.e. restrictive ventilatory impairment, reduction of perfusion and gas exchange; and (3) assessment of inflammatory activity. MRI is capable to provide image-based answers to all three topics. Typical patterns, such as reticular and reticulonodular changes, ground glass, consolidation and honey-combing are easily visualized. Functional imaging using contrast-enhanced perfusion MRI and ventilation MRI with hyperpolarized gases or oxygen are available for the assessment of restrictive constraints. Routine contrast-enhanced MRI allows estimating inflammatory activity in different types of interstitial lung disease which is a clear advantage over CT which has limitations in this regard.

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  2. Department of Bioimaging and Radiological Sciences, Catholic University of Rome, L.go F. Vito, no. 1, 00168, Rome, Italy

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Marten, K., Molinari, F. (2009). Interstitial Lung Disease. In: Kauczor, HU. (eds) MRI of the Lung. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34619-7_14

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