CT is a useful tool for identification of small airways diseases, and it can be used to classify
these entities into inflammatory and constrictive bronchiolitis. Inflammatory forms of …

High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is the most useful modality for imaging of
small airways disease. Direct signs of small airways disease that appear on HRCT scans …

Small airways diseases, or bronchiolitis, is a broad term encompassing numerous diseases
that cause bronchiolar inflammation or fibrosis. Bronchioles are small airways located at the …

Effectively using imaging to diagnose bronchiolitis or emphysema requires a basic
knowledge of the imaging modalities used, exam protocols performed and the imaging …

Several infectious and noninfectious processes may affect predominantly or exclusively the
small airways and result in reversible or irreversible abnormalities. Small-airway diseases …

M ANY DIFFUSE lung diseases are charac-terized by a degree of inflammation and scarring
of the small airways. The pathologic type of inflammation, extent of involvement, and …

Diseases affecting the small airways are difficult to detect by traditional diagnostic tests.
Widespread involvement is needed before symptoms and abnormalities on pulmonary …

The advent of high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) has seen a resurgence of
interest in the imaging of diseases of the small airways_ The realization that CT scans …

Small airways disease includes a spectrum of inflammatory and fibrotic pulmonary diseases
centered on the small conducting airways. High-resolution computed tomography plays a …

More than 10 million airway branches exist in the normal human lung. Radiographic
visualization is< 1% of this total. Many diseases affect the airways, each pathologic insult …