Thoracic CT

Thoracic textilomas: CT findings*

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to analyze chest CT scans of patients with thoracic textiloma. METHODS This was a retrospective study of 16 patients (11 men and 5 women) with surgically confirmed thoracic textiloma. The chest CT scans of those patients were evaluated by two independent observers, and discordant results were resolved by consensus. RESULTS The majority (62.5%) of the text...

Thoracic CT for the intensivist.

OBJECTIVE To discuss the recent advances in computed tomography (CT) and to present a simplified approach to CT of the chest to facilitate the understanding and diagnosis of common acute thoracic abnormalities in the critically ill patient. DATA SOURCES Published articles and texts on thoracic disorders and CT diagnosis. SUMMARY OF REVIEW In the acutely ill patient with complex pulmonary an...

Dual-energy CT imaging of thoracic malignancies

Computed tomography (CT) plays a pivotal role in the detection, characterization, and staging of lung cancer and other thoracic malignancies. Since the introduction of clinically viable dual-energy CT techniques, substantial evidence has accumulated on the use of this modality for imaging chest malignancies. This article describes the principles of dual-energy CT along with suitable image acqui...

multiplanar reconstructed thoracic ct bronchoscopy in endobronchial tuberculosis

omputer-Aided Diagnosis in Thoracic CT

Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) provides a computerized diagnostic result as a “second opinion” to assist radiologists in the diagnosis of various diseases by use of medical images. CAD has become a practical clinical approach in diagnostic radiology, although, at present, primarily in the area of detection of breast cancer in mammograms. Currently, a large research effort has been devoted to th...