Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD FibroScan is the brand name for transient elastography, an abdominal ultrasound that measures the stiffness of liver tissues. The scan can help screen for ...

Post-COVID pulmonary fibrosis, which involves scarring of the lungs that can worsen over time and may require a lung ...

Pulmonary fibrosis or interstitial lung diseases are chronic ... Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) 3. Chest X-rays and CT scans - upload films to a CD and attach reports 4. Lung biopsy slides and ...

Fibrosis that occurs either local to or distant ... In a series of 52 patients with midgut carcinoid tumors, CT scans of the abdomen and pelvis showed soft-tissue stranding in 26 patients and ...

Ricky, 7, and Freya, 4, have been treated at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London after being diagnosed - read their story ...

The two companies will collaborate on the use of e-Lung to accelerate the diagnosis and improve access to treatment for people living with pulmonary fibrosis from CT scans. The software will be ...

Together, the organizations will employ designated activities that will build a knowledge base on the current IPF landscape and use the findings from the landscape scan to identify gaps.

Biomedical researchers have decoded how mechanical forces drive cell behavior in fibrosis. The cells in human bodies are subject to both chemical and mechanical forces. But up until recently ...

Novel pathway has potential to slow progression of pulmonary fibrosis Date: March 25, 2025 Source: Elsevier Summary: Researchers have found a potential new way to slow the progression of lung ...

Pulmonary fibrosis or interstitial lung diseases are chronic ... Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) 3. Chest X-rays and CT scans - upload films to a CD and attach reports 4. Lung biopsy slides and ...