计算机断层扫描在胸部疾病评估中的应用：批判性综述

Rothman S L, Jaffe C C, Simeone J F

CRC Crit Rev Diagn Imaging. 1978;11(1):57-74.

Many diseases of the chest wall, heart, mediastinum, pleura, and lungs can be successfully imaged by CT. Radiotherapy ports can be calculated and transcutaneous biopsies can be monitored. In future, it is conceivable that by studying the numerical data within these areas of diseased and healthy lung it may be possible to more closely correlate pulmonary function with radiographic images. It is hoped that lung volumes extravascular lung water, blood flow patterns, and many more physiological parameters may become open to elucidation by CT.

许多胸壁、心脏、纵隔、胸膜和肺部疾病都可以通过CT成功成像。放疗野可以计算出来，经皮活检也可以得到监测。未来，可以想象，通过研究这些患病和健康肺部区域内的数值数据，有可能使肺功能与影像学图像更紧密地关联起来。人们希望，肺容积、血管外肺水、血流模式以及更多的生理参数都能通过CT得以阐明。