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HRCT for COPD and Bronchectasis

July 18, 2008

HRCT is used extensively to delineate the type and extend of bronchectasis, and COPD. Scoring HRCT and correlating the image characteristics with functional defects is not new. In this very interesting study authors have compared cystic and cylindrical bronchectasis. and their effects on pulmonary function studies. Also in the same journal another study that looked at quantitative and qualitative changes HRCT and trying correlate with extend and severity of COPD.

Read full article(1) and full article (2) published in Annals of Thoracic medicine..
Further reading on HRCT and scoring read here.. This is from radiology journal..

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