The diagnosis, investigation and particularly management of bronchiectasis has been
largely empirical and the subject of relatively few controlled clinical trials. There are no clear …

Computed tomography (CT) has had a profound effect on the practice of medicine. Both the
spectrum of clinical applications and the role that CT has played in enhancing the depth of …

Members of the Fleischner Society compiled a glossary of terms for thoracic imaging that
replaces previous glossaries published in 1984 and 1996 for thoracic radiography and …

for CT ofthe Lungs: ofthe Nomenclature Committee ofthe Fleischner Society’ Thoracic Page 1
John HM Austin, MD #{149}Nestor L. Muller, MD, PhD #{149}Paul J. Friedman, MD #{149} David …

Bronchiolar abnormalities are relatively common and occur in a variety of clinical settings.
Various histopathologic patterns of bronchiolar injury have been described and have led to …

BACKGROUND An obstructive defect is usual in bronchiectasis, but the pathophysiological
basis of airflow obstruction remains uncertain. High resolution computed tomographic (CT) …

Background In the 2014 Global initiative for chronic Obstructive Lung Disease guidelines,
bronchiectasis was for the first time defined as a comorbidity of chronic obstructive …

PURPOSE: To compare a computed tomographic (CT)-based scoring system with
nonimaging indexes of pulmonary status in patients with cystic fibrosis. MATERIALS AND …

We wish to describe the differential diagnosis and pulmonary function correlates of patients
with normal findings on inspiratory high-resolution CT (HRCT) scans who showed air …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the values of the
bronchoarterial ratio and bronchial wall thickness, as viewed during high-resolution CT …