Radiology of Bronchiectasis - 27/02/22

Doi : 10.1016/j.ccm.2021.11.004

Ashkan Pakzad, MPhil ^a,^b,^⁎ , Joseph Jacob, FRCR, MD(Res) ^b,^c
^a Departments of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, and Computer Science, University College London, UK
^b Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, UK
^c UCL Respiratory, University College London, London, UK

^∗Corresponding author. UCL Engineering CMIC, 1st Floor, 90 High Holborn, London WC1V 6LJ, UK.UCL Engineering CMIC 1st Floor, 90 High HolbornLondonWC1V 6LJUK

Resumen

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.

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