Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Med Clin North Am. 2012 Jul;96(4):729-43. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2012.05.003.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a heterogeneous condition of the lungs and body. Techniques in chest imaging and quantitative image analysis provide novel in vivo insight into the disease and potentially examine divergent responses to therapy. This article reviews the strengths and limitations of the leading imaging techniques: computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, and optical coherence tomography. Following an explanation of the technique, each section details some of the useful information obtained with these examinations. Future clinical care and investigation will likely include some combination of these imaging modalities and more standard assessments of disease severity.
慢性阻塞性肺疾病是一种肺部和全身的异质性疾病。胸部影像学和定量图像分析技术为该疾病提供了新的活体观察视角，并可能检查出对治疗的不同反应。本文回顾了主要成像技术的优缺点：计算机断层扫描、磁共振成像、正电子发射断层扫描和光相干断层扫描。在解释技术之后，每个部分详细介绍了这些检查获得的一些有用信息。未来的临床护理和研究可能将包括这些成像方式的某种组合以及更标准的疾病严重程度评估。
