Published 1989
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Journal article
Basic principles of pulmonary anatomy and physiology for CT interpretation of lung diseases
- 1. Hopital Calmette, 59 - Lille (France)
Description
High resolution CT is now the method of choice in the diagnosis of lung diseases, especially in their early recognition. However, the radiologist must be aware of precise anatomic, pathologic and physiologic data which are observed when the patient is supine. This concept leads to a transversal analysis of lung diseases by CT, as previously proposed in the coronal and sagittal planes for conventional chest X Ray interpretation. The aim of the study is to demonstrate that these regional differences in the lung must be included in the method of chest scanning but also in the interpretation of lung diseases
Abstract (French)
Les progres les plus recents de l'imagerie des maladies pulmonaires commencent avec le scanner. Il n'y a donc rien d'etonnant a l'imperieuse necessite de redecouvrir des notions anatomiques, histologigues et physiologiques orientees non dans le plan coronal et sagittal comme sur les radiographies conventionnelles mais dans le plan transversal comme sur le scanner. Il n'y a non plus rien d'etonnant a realiser qu'une bonne connaissance du poumon normal et des techniques les meilleures pour l'etudier sont les garants de la detection de plus en plus precoce d'un certain nombre de ses maladies. Le but est de demontrer qu'il existe des particularites regionales, anatomiques mais aussi physiologiques, que le radiologiste doit exploiter pour optimiser les conditions techniques mais aussi l'interpretation d'un examen TDM du poumonAdditional details
Additional titles
- Original title (French)
- Bases anatomiques, histologiques et physiologiques de l'interpretation d'un examen tomodensitometrique du poumon
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Feuillets de Radiologie
- Journal Volume
- 29
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Series
- Feuill. Radiol.
- Journal Page Range
- 251-266
- ISSN
- 0181-9801
- CODEN
- FERAD
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 21079169
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANATOMY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; LUNGS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PATIENTS; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES
- Descriptors DEC
- BIOLOGY; BODY; DISEASES; ORGANS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TOMOGRAPHY