title: [High-resolution computerized tomography of the lungs: bases, findings, indications].
abstract: High resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of the lungs uses thin-section CT (1- to 2-mm collimation scans) combined with a targeted reconstruction with a high-spatial frequency algorithm. HRCT is currently the most sensitive non-invasive imaging method for parenchymal and bronchoscopically inaccessible bronchial abnormalities of the lung. The following indications for HRCT of the pulmonary parenchyma are established: (1.) complementary examination in symptomatic patients with normal chest radiographs and/or normal pulmonary function testing; (2.) morphologic characterization of a nonspecific radiographic pattern; (3.) assessment of the activity and follow-up of a parenchymal disease; (4.) localization of a lung biopsy; (5.) localization of bronchiectasis.
authors.affiliation: Departement Medizinische Radiologie, Universitätsspital, Zürich.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hauser
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Russi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marincek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Hochauflösende Computertomographie (HRCT) der Lunge: Grundlangen, Befunde, Indikationen.