Lung macrophages play a pivotal role in diseases like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Two types of macrophages—the white blood ...

The recent advancements in Photon-counting computed tomography have revolutionized spectral imaging, providing unparalleled high-resolution visualization and enhanced material discrimination. This ...

Fibrosis was measured in this study both subjectively, in a manner congruent with other population-based, 9 ARDS, 7 SARS-CoV-1 4 and COVID-19 1 2 6 10 studies, as well as objectively using texture ...

Qualitative brainstem CT perfusion showed 98.5% sensitivity yet only 74.4% specificity. Qualitative whole-brain CT perfusion achieved 93.6% sensitivity and 92.3% specificity.

**Summary:** This review addresses the importance of quantitative computed tomography (QCT) in evaluating extrapulmonary comorbidities in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD ...

Background Prior work suggests different interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) that share the radiological usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) pattern have an overall worse prognosis. However, ...

There has been an incredible progress in our understanding of fibrotic lung disorders in the past 20 years. That has led to the development of well-accepted diagnostic criteria for idiopathic ...

Mediar's third novel fibrosis program, targeting SMOC2 for renal fibrosis, is also advancing with a plan to nominate a clinical candidate in the first half of 2025. About MTX-463 ...

In my field of medical oncology, for example, we rely on CT imaging for the diagnosis, management, and surveillance of patients with cancer. It’s also important to recognize that CT scans use ionizing ...