Small airways, big challenge: measuring the unseen?

Nat Med. 2012 Nov;18(11):1619-21. doi: 10.1038/nm.2981.

Abstract

An imaging technique adapted to differentiate between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease phenotypes can identify small-airway pathophysiology, locate the disease and potentially track disease progression. This approach may be used as a biomarker to identify the small-airway lesion in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, at an individual level in the clinic (pages 1711-1715).

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive*
  • Pulmonary Emphysema*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed*