Wash-in/wash-out phase xenon-enhanced area-detector CT (ADCT): utility for regional ventilation, pulmonary functional loss and clinical stage evaluations of smokers.

CONCLUSION: WI/WO phase Xe-enhanced ADCT is useful for assessing smoking-related regional ventilation change and pulmonary functional loss, as well as evaluating the severity of smokers' diseases. PMID: 30997827 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30997827?dopt=Abstract

Source: Acta Radiologica - April 17, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Ohno Y, Fujisawa Y, Sugihara N, Kishida Y, Koyama H, Seki S, Yoshikawa T Tags: Acta Radiol Source Type: research