Pulmonary vascular density: comparison of findings on computed tomography imaging with histology.

Farbod N RahaghiGemma ArgemíPietro NardelliDavid Domínguez-FandosPedro ArguisVíctor I PeinadoJames C RossSamuel Y AshIsaac de La BruereCarolyn E ComeAlejandro A DiazMarcelo SánchezGeorge R WashkoJoan Albert BarberàRaúl San José Estépar

Published in: The European respiratory journal (2019)

Loss of small vessel volume in CT imaging of smokers is associated with histological loss of vascular cross-sectional area. Imaging-based quantification of pulmonary vasculature provides a noninvasive method to study the multiscale effects of smoking on the pulmonary circulation.

Keyphrases

computed tomography
high resolution
pulmonary hypertension
cross sectional
positron emission tomography
smoking cessation
image quality
fluorescence imaging
mass spectrometry