CXR has a low sensitivity for detecting ILD and it has been suggested that carbon monoxide transfer factor (TLCO) is a more sensitive marker. The guideline of the Rheumatology department at King’s ...

The general opinion that the silent lung cancer discovered by routine chest x-ray surveys will be more susceptible of cure than when the cancer has manifested itself clinically hardly seems to be ...

A provisional diagnosis of an infective exacerbation of COPD was made. He had a 60-pack-year history of smoking but had stopped a year ago. He was sent for a routine chest x-ray (CXR) and a right ...

The CXR, similar to his CXR 10 years previously, showed bilaterally increased interstitial markings suggestive of pulmonary fibrosis. High-resolution CT (HRCT) showed multiple bilateral branching ...

COPD exacerbation is diagnosed on the basis of history, examination and chest x ray (CXR). This is a prospective observational study of patients attending MAU with an acute exacerbation of COPD in one ...

The DCNN is trained in an end-to-end setting to facilitate fully automatic lung segmentation from anteroposterior or posteroanterior view CXRs. It learns to predict binary masks for a given CXR, by ...

Adults ≥21 years of age admitted with a diagnosis compatible with respiratory tract infection (pneumonia, acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [AECOPD], acute bronchitis ...

TL was quantified using the Absolute Human Telomere Length Quantification qPCR Assay Kit. Clinical data including demographics, pulmonary function tests, CXR stage, disease duration and need for ...

Note that there is no significant hilar enlargement in this case. A sputum culture grew Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This is primary pulmonary tuberculosis with breakdown of a Ghon focus, but no ...