title: Clinical potential for imaging in patients with asthma and other lung disorders.
abstract: The ability of lung imaging to phenotype patients, determine prognosis, and predict response to treatment is expanding in clinical and translational research. The purpose of this perspective is to describe current imaging modalities that might be useful clinical tools in patients with asthma and other lung disorders and to explore some of the new developments in imaging modalities of the lung. These imaging modalities include chest radiography, computed tomography, lung magnetic resonance imaging, electrical impedance tomography, bronchoscopy, and others.
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Department of Pediatrics, and Breathing Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colo. Electronic address: Emily.DeBoer@childrenscolorado.org.
authors.forename: Emily M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: DeBoer
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Spielberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
authors.forename: Alan S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Brody
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
keywords: Chest computed tomography; lung magnetic resonance imaging; quantitative imaging