Quantifying lung and diaphragm morphology using radiographs in normative pediatric subjects, and predicting CT-derived lung volume.
Mattan R OrbachSabah E ServaesOscar H MayerPatrick J CahillSriram BalasubramanianPublished in: Pediatric pulmonology (2021)
The reported pediatric age-specific reference data on 2D lung and diaphragm morphology and growth rates could be clinically used to identify lung and diaphragm pathologies during chest X-ray evaluations. The simple, precise, and clinically adaptable radiographic method for estimating CT-derived lung volumes may be used when pulmonary function tests are not readily available or difficult to perform.