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Recent Advances in Computed Tomography Imaging in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Recent Advances in Computed Tomography Imaging in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Sandeep Bodduluri, Joseph M Reinhardt, Eric A Hoffman, John D Newell Jr and Surya P Bhatt
Annals of the American Thoracic Society, Vol.15(3), pp.281-289
03/2018
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201705-377FR
PMCID: PMC5880521
PMID: 28812906
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https://doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.201705-377FRView
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Abstract

Lung imaging is increasingly being used to diagnose, quantify, and phenotype chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although spirometry is the gold standard for the diagnosis of COPD and for severity staging, the role of computed tomography (CT) imaging has expanded in both clinical practice and research. COPD is a heterogeneous disease with considerable variability in clinical features, radiographic disease, progression, and outcomes. Recent studies have examined the utility of CT imaging in enhancing diagnostic certainty, improving phenotyping, predicting disease progression and prognostication, selecting patients for intervention, and also in furthering our understanding of the complex pathophysiology of this disease. Multiple CT metrics show promise for use as imaging biomarkers in COPD.
Disease Progression Humans Lung - diagnostic imaging Lung - physiopathology Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - diagnostic imaging Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - physiopathology Spirometry Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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