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Persons occupationally exposed to fibrogenic dust may develop lung fibrosis [1]. The extent of the disease is usually classified on the plain-chest film, according to ILO-80 regulations [2]. In asbestos-related disease the ILO Classification allows a semiquantative calculation of the small irregular opacities s/t/u in four main groups or 12 subgroups [3]. The asbestos-related lung fibrosis is in most cases mild and the radiologic classification ranges in the main groups ILO 0 or 1 [4]. The classification of the low grade abnormalities and the discrimination from “normal” is difficult and especially in these cases interobserver variance remains a problem, even for trained film reades [5, 6].
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Tuengerthal, S., Herb, P., Schmitteckert, H., Tropf, G., Bülzebruck, H., Schulz, V. (1994). Lung Density Measurements of Asbestos-Exposed Persons with PULMO CT. In: Pokieser, H., Lechner, G. (eds) Advances in CT III. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79116-1_42
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