Abnormal lung scans obtained from patients with pulmonary embolism, pulmonary tuberculosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and carcinoma of the lung were analyzed in an attempt to classify the ...

The study, titled “Structural and Functional Pulmonary MRI to Predict Pulmonary Exacerbations in Cystic Fibrosis,” analyzed imaging and clinical data from 106 individuals with CF who were imaged and ...

Accurate detection of the presence and extent of disease is vital in the management of non–small-cell lung cancer. While computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging tend to be the routine ...

A research team from Lille University Hospital in France has recently demonstrated that dual-energy computed tomography lung perfusion can provide valuable additional information for standard CT scans ...

A subsegmental pulmonary embolism is a blood clot located on a distal, or distant and less central, branch of the pulmonary arteries. Treatment can depend on symptoms and risk factors. A subsegmental ...

A 71-year-old woman presents to the emergency department of her local hospital with shortness of breath and hypoxia. Chest radiograph (Figure 1) reveals an enlarged heart, widening of the mediastinum, ...

Dr. Samir Zaidi (Medicine): A 48-year-old woman with a history of venous thromboembolism was seen in the pulmonary clinic of this hospital because of cough and decreased exercise tolerance. Fifteen ...

A 42-year-old man, a resident of Afghanistan, presented with intermittent episodes of mild hemoptysis and dyspnea on exertion for the past 6 months, for which he did not undergo any diagnostic test.