TY - JOUR
T1 - Lung imaging in asthmatic patients
T2 - The picture is clearer
AU - Castro, Mario
AU - Fain, Sean B.
AU - Hoffman, Eric A.
AU - Gierada, David S.
AU - Erzurum, Serpil C.
AU - Wenzel, Sally
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grants HL69149, HL64368, HL69349, HL69170, HL-69155, HL69130, HL69167, HL69116, and HL69174 and the Hartwell Foundation (S.B.F.).
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - Imaging of the lungs in patients with asthma has evolved dramatically over the last decade with sophisticated techniques, such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, and single photon emission computed tomography. New insights into current and future modalities for imaging in asthmatic patients and their application are discussed to potentially shed a clearer picture of the underlying pathophysiology of asthma, especially severe asthma, and the proposed clinical utility of imaging in patients with this common disease.
AB - Imaging of the lungs in patients with asthma has evolved dramatically over the last decade with sophisticated techniques, such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, and single photon emission computed tomography. New insights into current and future modalities for imaging in asthmatic patients and their application are discussed to potentially shed a clearer picture of the underlying pathophysiology of asthma, especially severe asthma, and the proposed clinical utility of imaging in patients with this common disease.
KW - Asthma
KW - chest computed tomography
KW - imaging
KW - magnetic resonance imaging
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80052263612&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.04.051
DO - 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.04.051
M3 - Article
C2 - 21636118
AN - SCOPUS:80052263612
SN - 0091-6749
VL - 128
SP - 467
EP - 478
JO - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
JF - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
IS - 3
ER -