[Radiologic determination of total lung capacity].
The authors studied in 50 healthy subjects the cilindroid and the planimetric method for the radiological measurement of TLC. Both methods proved to be accurate, but the first showed a better relation with the pletismographic measurements; in both methods the individual variability was very limited (5 divided by 6%). In a screening protocol comprising double-projection chest X-ray, the radiological measurement of TLC seems to be very useful to evaluate with simplicity and realiability its values and its variations in time.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014109:Total Lung Capacity
La determinazione radiologica della capacità totale polmonare.