Serial automated quantitative CT analysis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: functional correlations and comparison with changes in visual CT scores.

Joseph JacobBrian J BartholmaiSrinivasan RajagopalanMaria KokosiRyoko EgashiraAnne Laure BrunArjun NairSimon L F WalshRonald KarwoskiAthol U Wells

Published in: European radiology (2017)

• Computer analysis improves on visual CT scoring in evaluating deterioration on CT • Increasing pulmonary vessel volume is the strongest CT predictor of functional deterioration • Increasing pulmonary vessel volume predicts functional decline independent of baseline disease severity.

Keyphrases

image quality
dual energy
computed tomography
contrast enhanced
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
positron emission tomography
pulmonary hypertension
magnetic resonance imaging
deep learning