Measurements of lung function, including spirometry and body plethesmography, are easy
to perform and are the current clinical standard for assessing disease severity. However …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a pathological pulmonary condition
characterized by expiratory airflow obstruction due to emphysematous destruction of the …

There is increased awareness of smoking-related lung diseases other than lung cancer and
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Concurrently, there is general acceptance that there …

The histopathological abnormalities that characterize cigarette smokers' lung damage have
been widely studied, but these microscopic changes do not fully explain the radiographic …

Smoking-related illnesses contribute to a large number of deaths in the industrialized world
and their treatment comprises a substantial percentage of total healthcare dollars. The most …

Cigarettes are well-recognized risk factors responsible for the emergence of a variety of
pathologic conditions affecting both the airways and the lungs. Smoking-related lung …

The use of imaging technologies has progressed beyond the depiction of anatomic
abnormalities to providing non-invasive regional structure and functional information in …

This review provides a summary of pulmonary functional imaging approaches for
determining pulmonary ventilation, with a specific focus on multi-detector x-ray computed …

The goal of quantitative analysis of computed tomography (CT) scans is to understand the
anatomic structure that is responsible for the physiological function of the lung. The gold …

Recent years have witnessed an explosion in imaging technology applicable to chest
medicine. These include CT and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) for the diagnosis …