Quantitative computed tomography (thoracic imaging)
Quantitative computed tomography (QCT) in thoracic imaging has multiple potential applications although often not adopted in standard use in many centers at time of initial writing (2019). These include
- quantitating lung intensity / density and airway geometry in the normal adult human lung
- assessing smoking related lung disease including emphysema and large airway disease
- assessing air trapping in asthma patients
- assessing interstitial lung disease
- assessing lung nodules
- assessing radiation induced lung injury
- in lung perfusion and ventilation
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