Time to get serious about the detection and monitoring of early lung disease in cystic fibrosis

KJ Bayfield, TA Douglas, T Rosenow, JC Davies… - Thorax, 2021 - thorax.bmj.com
Structural and functional defects within the lungs of children with cystic fibrosis (CF) are
detectable soon after birth and progress throughout preschool years often without overt …

State-of-the-art review of lung imaging in cystic fibrosis with recommendations for pulmonologists and radiologists from the “iMAging managEment of cySTic fibROsis” …

P Ciet, S Bertolo, M Ros, R Casciaro… - European …, 2022 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Objective Imaging represents an important noninvasive means to assess cystic fibrosis (CF)
lung disease, which remains the main cause of morbidity and mortality in CF patients. While …

[HTML][HTML] The clinical use of lung MRI in cystic fibrosis: what, now, how?

G Dournes, LL Walkup, I Benlala, MM Willmering… - Chest, 2021 - Elsevier
To assess airway and lung parenchymal damage non-invasively in cystic fibrosis (CF), chest
MRI has been historically out of the scope of routine clinical imaging due to technical …

Update on the role of chest imaging in cystic fibrosis

SM Bugenhagen, JCE Grant, DB Rosenbluth… - …, 2024 - pubs.rsna.org
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease with multisystem involvement and associated morbidity
and mortality that are most directly related to progressive lung disease. The hallmark …

Chest radiography and computed tomography imaging in cystic fibrosis: current challenges and new perspectives

P Ciet, R Booij, M Dijkshoorn, M van Straten… - Pediatric …, 2023 - Springer
Imaging plays a pivotal role in the noninvasive assessment of cystic fibrosis (CF)-related
lung damage, which remains the main cause of morbidity and mortality in children with CF …

Novel imaging techniques for cystic fibrosis lung disease

JL Goralski, NJ Stewart, JC Woods - Pediatric pulmonology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
With an increasing number of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) receiving highly effective
CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator protein) modulator therapy, particularly at a …

The evolving role of radiological imaging in cystic fibrosis

C Crowley, OJ O'Connor, P Ciet… - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
The recent introduction of triple-combination CF transmembrane regulator therapy has put
further emphasis on the need for sensitive methods of monitoring treatment response to …

Cystic fibrosis year in review 2020: Section 2 pulmonary disease, infections, and inflammation

NJ Antos, AP Savant - Pediatric Pulmonology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The outlook for those with cystic fibrosis (CF) has never been brighter with ever increasing
life expectancy and the approval of the highly effective CFTR modulators, such as …

[HTML][HTML] Replacing Plain Radiograph with ultra-low dose CT thorax in cystic fibrosis (CF) in the era of CFTR modulation and its impact on cumulative effective dose

KP Sheahan, AT O'Mahony, D Morrissy… - Journal of Cystic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Medical radiation exposure is of increasing concern in patients with cystic
fibrosis (PWCF) due to improving life expectancy. We aimed to assess and quantify the …

Functional respiratory imaging in relation to classical outcome measures in cystic fibrosis: a cross-sectional study

E Lauwers, A Snoeckx, K Ides… - BMC Pulmonary …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Functional Respiratory Imaging (FRI) combines HRCT scans with
computational fluid dynamics to provide objective and quantitative information about lung …