title: [Quantitative diagnosis of dust-macule type pneumoconiosis].
abstract: Simulated diagrams of lung sections of dust-macule type pneumoconiosis were plotted with computer simulation techniques and classification criteria for dust-macule volume density were formulated with stereologic quantitative analysis to differentiate the effects of artificial factors in pathological diagnosis of pneumoconiosis, Areas of dust-macule of 100%, 75% and 50% corresponded to 41.4, 31.0 and 20.7 in dast-macule density, respectively. The pathological diagnostic criteria for pneumoconiosis were evaluated by standardized chest X-ray film with a satisfactory result. It is suggested a squared test grid with a length of 5 mm in each sides of the small checks be used in practice.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Occupational Medicine, Ministry of Coal Industry, Beijing.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D003032:Coal Mining; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D011009:Pneumoconiosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012015:Reference Standards