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CT of the Airways

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Multislice CT

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Abstract

Multislice CT is the method of choice for the morphological visualization of the airways and the associated diseases. High isotropic resolution and high contrast are the ideal prerequisites to generate MPRs in order to demonstrate the typical findings of airway disease, such as dilation, ectasis, wall thickening, increased collapsibility, and stenosis as well as visibility of small airways in bronchiolitis. The major diseases of the airways that can be adequately studied by multislice CT are tracheobronchomalacia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and cystic fibrosis (CF).

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  1. Abt. Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Hans-Ulrich Kauczor

  2. Department of Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Michael Owsijewitsch

  3. Pädiatrische Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 153, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Julia Ley-Zaporozhan

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  1. Munich University Hospital, Institute of Clinical Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany

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Kauczor, HU., Owsijewitsch, M., Ley-Zaporozhan, J. (2009). CT of the Airways. In: Reiser, M., Becker, C., Nikolaou, K., Glazer, G. (eds) Multislice CT. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33125-4_28

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