Low-Dose, Dynamic, Expiratory Thin-Section CT of the Lungs Using a Spiral CT Scanner
| Autor: | Jeffrey A. Golden, W R Webb, Eil-Seong Lee, Gautham P. Reddy, Michael B. Gotway |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Scanner medicine.medical_specialty Bronchiolitis obliterans Region of interest medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Thin section ct Expiration Spiral ct Bronchiolitis Obliterans Lung business.industry Air Respiration Low dose Middle Aged medicine.disease Respiratory Function Tests medicine.anatomical_structure Female sense organs Radiology Tomography X-Ray Computed business Nuclear medicine Lung Transplantation |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Thoracic Imaging. 15:168-172 |
| ISSN: | 0883-5993 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00005382-200007000-00003 |
| Popis: | Seventeen patients with lung transplants were evaluated with inspiratory, postexpiratory, and low-dose, dynamic expiratory thin-section computed tomography (CT). Region of interest measurements were performed on inspiration and expiration images with both techniques, and mean lung attenuation changes between inspiration and expiration images were calculated and compared. Dynamic expiratory thin-section CT resulted in a significantly greater increase in lung attenuation than postexpiratory thin-section CT. Dynamic expiratory thin-section CT may prove useful in the evaluation of patients with lung diseases characterized by air flow obstruction with little increase in patient radiation dose. |
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