Imaging the Lungs
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Key Points
- Rapid advances in imaging techniques of the lungs allows more accurate and comprehensive initial identification, assessment and characterization of lung lesions in order to guide surgical management and monitor treatment response.
- The chest radiograph (CXR) is still the most common initial imaging technique for evaluation of the chest. However, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and fluorodeoxyglucose–positron emission tomography combined with CT (FDG-PET/CT) have become increasingly important.
- CT is the imaging method of choice for evaluation of pulmonary embolism. High-resolution CT provides significant diagnostic information in diffuse infiltrative lung disease.
- Combined FDG-PET/CT has a major role for local and distant staging of lung cancer.
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Key Points
- Rapid advances in imaging techniques of the lungs allows more accurate and comprehensive initial identification, assessment and characterization of lung lesions in order to guide surgical management and monitor treatment response.
- The chest radiograph (CXR) is still the most common initial imaging technique for evaluation of the chest. However, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and fluorodeoxyglucose–positron emission tomography combined with CT (FDG-PET/CT) have become increasingly important.
- CT is the imaging method of choice for evaluation of pulmonary embolism. High-resolution CT provides significant diagnostic information in diffuse infiltrative lung disease.
- Combined FDG-PET/CT has a major role for local and distant staging of lung cancer.
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Last updated: November 16, 2022
Citation
Harrington, Kate , et al. "Imaging the Lungs." Pearson's General Thoracic Surgery. STS Cardiothoracic Surgery E-Book, Chicago: Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 2022. STS Surgery, ebook.sts.org.
Harrington K, Aherne E, Plodkowski AJ, Ginsberg MS. Imaging the Lungs. In: Darling GE, Baumgartner WA, Jacobs JP, eds. Pearson's General Thoracic Surgery. STS Cardiothoracic Surgery E-Book. Chicago: Society of Thoracic Surgeons; 2022. ebook.sts.org. Accessed March 26, 2023.
Harrington, K., Aherne, E., Plodkowski, A. J., & Ginsberg, M. S. (2022). Imaging the Lungs. In Darling, G., Baumgartner, W., & Jacobs, J. (Eds.), Pearson's General Thoracic Surgery. STS Cardiothoracic Surgery E-Book. Chicago: Society of Thoracic Surgeons. ebook.sts.org
Harrington K, Aherne E, Plodkowski AJ, Ginsberg MS. Imaging the Lungs [Internet]. In: Darling GE, Baumgartner WA, Jacobs JP, editors. Pearson's General Thoracic Surgery. STS Cardiothoracic Surgery E-Book. Chicago: Society of Thoracic Surgeons; 2022. [cited 2023 March 26]. Available from: ebook.sts.org.
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