Radiology of Bronchiectasis

Ashkan Pakzad; Joseph Jacob

doi:10.1016/j.ccm.2021.11.004

Radiology of Bronchiectasis

Clin Chest Med. 2022 Mar;43(1):47-60. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2021.11.004.

Authors

Ashkan Pakzad¹, Joseph Jacob²

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, and Computer Science, University College London, UK; Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, UK. Electronic address: a.pakzad@cs.ucl.ac.uk.
² Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, UK; UCL Respiratory, University College London, London, UK.

PMID: 35236560
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2021.11.004

Abstract

Bronchiectasis is a radiological diagnosis made using computed tomographic (CT) imaging. Although visual CT assessment is necessary for the diagnosis of bronchiectasis, visual assessment of disease severity and progression is challenging. Computer tools offer the potential to improve the characterization of lung damage in patients with bronchiectasis. Newer imaging techniques such as MRI with hyperpolarized gas inhalation have the potential to identify early forms of disease and are without the constraints of requiring ionizing radiation exposure.

Keywords: Bronchiectasis; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Quantitative image analysis; Radiology.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Bronchiectasis* / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Radiology*
Thorax
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

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