title: Pulmonary imaging techniques in the diagnosis of occupational interstitial lung disease.
abstract: The chest radiograph is extensively used in evaluating workers at risk for developing occupational lung disease. Other pulmonary imaging techniques used in conjunction with the initial chest radiograph include conventional computed tomography, high resolution computed tomography, and gallium scintigraphy. This chapter evaluates the use of these techniques and their appropriate applications in the pneumoconioses, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, berylliosis, and hard metal diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Leonard
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Templeton
mesh_terms: D000542:Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / Q000175:diagnosis; D001195:Asbestosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D001607:Berylliosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003032:Coal Mining; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011009:Pneumoconiosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012829:Silicosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed