Surgery is essential for the effective management of bronchiectasis. Segmentectomy, while a challenging procedure, has become ...

The problem is, “our traditional ways of measuring progression, like FVC [forced vital capacity] and HRCT [high-resolution CT] are less measures ... Before ordering a HRCT scan in a seropositive ...

Radiological severity was assessed using the patient’s most recent CT scan, following the modified Reiff scoring system as previously described.16 Disease severity was evaluated using the ...

Patients with underlying lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and bronchiectasis were excluded. All patient scans were downloaded in the DICOM image format. The thickness ...

Moderate bronchiectasis was seen on only 3 scans and no subject had severe bronchiectasis. The other 12 CT scans could not be precisely graded but all had been reported as showing emphysema (2 mild, 2 ...

Comparison made with examination of March 5 and previous scans. Report: CT of the thorax and abdomen with intravenous ... Bronchial wall thickening and bronchiectasis in bronchopathy with increased ...

All patients with lung adenocarcinoma underwent contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scans of the brain ... one case of organic pneumonia, and one case of bronchiectasis. There were no ...

Bindman, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco medical school, has spent well over a decade researching ...

Patients are exposed to 2% of the radiation of a normal CT scan TUESDAY, March 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Low-dose CT chest ...

Hospitals and imaging centers are now required to track and report radiation exposure from CT scans under new Medicare regulations. The rules, which began rolling out in January, come as ...