Progress in Imaging COPD, 2004 - 2014

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Abstract Computed tomography (CT) has contributed substantially to our understanding of COPD over the past decade. Visual and quantitative assessments of CT in COPD are complementary. Visual assessment should provide assessment of centrilobular, panlobular and paraseptal emphysema, airway wall thickening, bronchiectasis, findings of respiratory bronchiolitis, and enlargement of the pulmonary artery. Quantitative CT permits evaluation of severity of emphysema, airway wall thickening, and expiratory air trapping, and is now being used for longitudinal evaluation of the progression of COPD. Innovative techniques are being developed to use CT to characterize the pattern of emphysema and smoking-related respiratory bronchiolitis. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography PET-CT are useful research tools in the evaluation of COPD

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Lynch, D. (2014). Progress in Imaging COPD, 2004 - 2014. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation, 1(1), 73–82. https://doi.org/10.15326/jcopdf.1.1.2014.0125

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