Lung imaging in asthmatic patients: The picture is clearer

JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

卷:128

Article

Castro, Mario¹  Fain, Sean B.²  Hoffman, Eric A.³  Gierada, David S.¹  Erzurum, Serpil C.⁴  Wenzel, Sally⁵ 

[1] Washington Univ, Sch Med, Div Pulm & Crit Care Med, St Louis, MO 63110 USA

[2] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Med Phys, Madison, WI 53706 USA

[3] Univ Iowa, Coll Med, Iowa City, IA USA

[4] Cleveland Clin Fdn, Cleveland, OH USA

[5] Univ Pittsburgh, Med Ctr, Pittsburgh, PA USA

关键词: Asthma;    imaging;    chest computed tomography;    magnetic resonance imaging;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jaci.2011.04.051

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Imaging of the lungs in patients with asthma has evolved dramatically over the last decade with sophisticated techniques, such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, and single photon emission computed tomography. New insights into current and future modalities for imaging in asthmatic patients and their application are discussed to potentially shed a clearer picture of the underlying pathophysiology of asthma, especially severe asthma, and the proposed clinical utility of imaging in patients with this common disease. (J Allergy Clin Immunol 2011;128:467-78.)

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