Assessment of early lung disease in young children with CF: A comparison between pressure-controlled and free-breathing chest computed tomography.

Merel C J Oudraad Wieying Kuo Timothy Rosenow Eleni-Rosalina AndrinopoulouStephen M StickHarm A W M Tiddens

Published in: Pediatric pulmonology (2020)

Our data suggest that FRC PC-CTs are less sensitive than TLC PC-CTs and that FB-CTs have similar sensitivity to PC-CTs in detecting lung disease. FB-CTs seem to be a viable alternative for PC-CTs to track CF lung disease in young patients with CF.

Keyphrases

cystic fibrosis
computed tomography
positron emission tomography
electronic health record
machine learning
big data
middle aged
artificial intelligence