title: CT in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Diagnosis and Beyond.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This review focuses on recent idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis guidelines with regard to CT-based diagnosis, the limitations and potential sources of diagnostic error in their clinical application, and proposals for future guideline modification and improvement. The review also addresses the use of CT in disease monitoring, prognostic assessment, and therapeutic clinical trials.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ongoing research and clinical experience highlight the need for updating existing guidelines frequently.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, Cardiothoracic and Body Imaging, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 E 68 St, Starr 8A-37, New York, NY 10065.
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Gruden
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D054990:Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: CT; diagnosis; high-resolution CT; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; interstitial lung disease; usual interstitial pneumonitis