Advances in radiology for interstitial lung disease.
Recently, with radiology some advances have been made in the care of patients with interstitial lung disease, predominately through the use of high-resolution computed tomography. This technique is helpful not only in the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease, but also in patient follow-up and management. Other techniques, including nuclear medicine and magnetic resonance imaging, have limited but well-defined uses. Positron emission tomography is a promising nuclear medicine technique, but its benefits have not been substantiated in the literature.
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Department of Radiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033, USA.
D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals