High-resolution computer tomography of the lungs
Aaløkken, T.M.; Kolbenstvedt, A.; Johansen, B.
Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening Tidsskrift for Praktisk Medicin Ny Raekke 118(18): 2800-2804
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-2001 PMID: 9748812 Document Number: 488404
High-resolution CT (HRCT) is a technique developed over the last decade. It optimises spatial resolution and provides details similar to those obtainable from gross pathologic specimens. HRCT of the lungs provides an accurate assessment of the pattern and distribution of many disease processes that in the conventional chest radiograph are occult or non-specific. HRCT is an established technique and the method of choice for evaluating a variety of pulmonary diseases. In this review we describe the modifications in CT technique that are instrumental in obtaining HRCT, and we also give examples of normal and pathologic findings in general.