Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2012
Journal
Respirology (Carlton, Vic.)
Volume
17
Issue
3
First Page
432
Last Page
444
URL with Digital Object Identifier
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1843.2011.02117.x
Abstract
Measurements of lung function, including spirometry and body plethesmography, are easy to perform and are the current clinical standard for assessing disease severity. However, these lung functional techniques do not adequately explain the observed variability in clinical manifestations of disease and offer little insight into the relationship of lung structure and function. Lung imaging and the image-based assessment of lung disease has matured to the extent that it is common for clinical, epidemiologic and genetic investigation to have a component dedicated to image analysis. There are several exciting imaging modalities currently being used for the non-invasive study of lung anatomy and function. In this review, we will focus on two of them; X-ray computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Following a brief introduction of each method, we detail some of the most recent work being done to characterize smoking-related lung disease and the clinical applications of such knowledge.
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Notes
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: GR Washko, G Parraga & HO Coxson (2012). Quantitative pulmonary imagin using computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Respirology, 17(3), 432-444, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1843.2011.02117.x. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.