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Occupationally induced interstitial lung fibrosis can be objectified by computed tomography (CT) for earlier stages than in conventional X-ray examinations. Usually diagnosis results from a qualitative assessment of lung parenchyma. In an attempt to detect the earliest stages of parenchymal abnormalities in asbestosis we extended standard high resolution CT for a quantitative evaluation by measurement of lung density.
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Reuter, M., Holling, I., Emde, L., Bettinghausen, E., Heller, M., Szadkowski, D. (1994). Quantitative Assessment of Lung Density by CT in Navy Personnel exposed to Asbestos. In: Pokieser, H., Lechner, G. (eds) Advances in CT III. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79116-1_43
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